Re: absolute build directory with spaces

[Stefano Lattarini]

On Saturday 04 September 2010, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> >
> > What about instead making the names of the temporaries
> > source/build/install directories used by "make distcheck"
> > configurable?  This will offer more flexibility, and won't
> > introduce still another automake option which would make
> > backward-compatibility more problematic.
> > 
> > I was thinking of something on these lines:
> >   $ cat Makefile.am
> >   ...
> >   AM_DISTCHECK_BUILDDIR_NAME = _ b u i l d ## will be relative to $(distdir)
> >   AM_DISTCHECK_SRCDIR_NAME = .             ## likewise
> >   AM_DISTCHECK_INSTALLDIR_NAME = address@hidden   ## likewise
> > 
> > If you like the proposal, I might try to implement this (but
> > right away).
Oops! I meant "but not right away"! (Which means probably next week) .

> I do like it.
Good.  We'll see what I'll be able to come up with.

Regards,
   Stefano