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Re: problem with MKDIR_P defined as relative path to install-sh


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: problem with MKDIR_P defined as relative path to install-sh
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:08:02 -0700
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On 02/28/2013 09:57 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 02/28/13 05:31, Peter Johansson wrote:
>> would it make sense to defined MKDIR_P with absolute path instead
> 
> Yes, that sounds reasonable, if someone could prepare a patch
> along those lines.

One wrinkle - absolute paths might contain spaces, whereas relative
paths do not, if a package is built in a containing directory named with
a space.  Does switching to an absolute path risk a problem with proper
quoting?

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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