Re: [ 100058 ] 1.4 - $buildir-path may not contain "~"

[Gary V . Vaughan]

On Sunday 17 June 2001  8:36 pm, Bruce Korb wrote:
> I don't want to imply that we shouldn't fix libtool.
> I just strongly recommend against using weirdo characters
> in path names because it is so hard to parse stuff already
> that one courts problems with weirdo characters.
> So, we should make the fix you suggest using the timing
> Gary talks of and our customers would still be advised
> against using non-POSIX characters in their path names  :-).

Agreed.

For the record it is not difficult to confuse libtool by putting
spaces into your pathnames. =(O|

Cheers,
        Gary.
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