Re: Problems with nsis.make

[Nicola Pero]

On 28 Apr 2011, at 18:11, Stefan Bidi wrote:

> If I include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/Master/nsis.make in my makefile I  
> get an error when running make:
>
> This is gnustep-make 2.6.0. Type 'make print-gnustep-make-help' for  
> help.
> if [ -d /c/Documents and Settings/bidigst/My Documents/ 
> AccuracyControl/Flip/obj/package ]; then \
>       rm -rf /c/Documents and Settings/bidigst/My Documents/ 
> AccuracyControl/Flip/obj/package; fi;
> /bin/sh: line 0: [: too many arguments
> make DESTDIR=/c/Documents and Settings/bidigst/My Documents/ 
> AccuracyControl/Flip/obj/package nsilist=yes install
> make[1]: Entering directory `/c/Documents and Settings/bidigst/My  
> Documents/AccuracyControl/Flip'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `and'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/Documents and Settings/bidigst/My  
> Documents/AccuracyControl/Flip'
> make: *** [nsis_package_install] Error 2
>
> Looks like GNUstep-make chokes on the spaces on Window's standard  
> directories.  Quoting the pathname seems to help, but I'm not  
> familiar enough with -make to know what I should and shouldn't put  
> in quotes

Unfortunately, there is no obvious fix; it's not just a matter of  
adding a missing quote.  The only really safe
solution is to avoid working in directories with names that contain  
spaces.  The programs that you build will
work fine in directories with spaces :-), but the building system  
won't. :-(

Thanks