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Re: [PATCH-for-6.0?] configure: Improve error message with specified mes
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Peter Maydell |
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Re: [PATCH-for-6.0?] configure: Improve error message with specified meson path is not found |
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Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:14:36 +0100 |
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 12:09, Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> On Friday, 2021-04-16 at 12:25:59 +02, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > $ ../configure --meson=~/.local/bin/meson
> > ERROR: Meson not found. Use --meson=/path/to/meson (absolute path)
> Interesting that some shells don't expand the tilde (~), when some will
> in this case - but either way this message is a lot clearer.
What shells do expand ~ in the middle of a word? POSIX compliant
shells should not, I think...
thanks
-- PMM