[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #62090] [octave forge] (io) Installation fails with spaces in path

[Markus Mützel]

Update of bug #62090 (project octave):

        Operating System:       Microsoft Windows => Any                    
                 Summary: Installing io-2.6.4 on windows fails => [octave
forge] (io) Installation fails with spaces in path

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Follow-up Comment #1:

That's a known issue with many packages probably. See also this note in the
README file that is displayed after installing Octave on Windows:
> It is a known issue that some operations might fail if Octave is installed
in a location containing spaces if short file names have been disabled for the
file system of the installation folder. Some systems seem to have disabled
that feature for some partitions (e.g., on D:). If you are unsure whether your
file system supports short file names, chose an installation folder that
doesn't contain spaces.

This is probably not limited to Windows. But spaces in paths are a lot less
common on other platforms.

Unfortunately, this can probably not be solved generally for all packages with
a change in Octave core. Instead, it would probably be necessary to address
this in the `Makefile`s of each affected package. Most likely some commands
need to be quoted.

I haven't had a look at the Makefile of the io package though.

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