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Re: absolute build directory with spaces


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: absolute build directory with spaces
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:22:52 +0200
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Hi,

Jim Meyering wrote on bug-gnulib:
> Coreutils tests with an absolute build directory name that contains
> a space.  Not quoting this directory name caused a failure.
> * tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh: Quote PATH dir name.
> ...
> --- a/tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh
> +++ b/tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
>  # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> 
>  : ${srcdir=.}
> -. "$srcdir/init.sh"; path_prepend_ $abs_aux_dir .
> +. "$srcdir/init.sh"; path_prepend_ "$abs_aux_dir" .
> 

This extra check, part of "make distcheck", that verifies that the package
builds even when the srcdir or builddir contains a space, would be useful
for more packages. On mingw, it is frequent to have spaces in directories.

Could Automake offer this check, if a certain Automake option is specified
in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE?

Bruno



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