Re: Spaces in the checks with ac_unique_file break the program

[Paul Eggert]

Does Automake handle arbitrary special characters in $(bindir), etc.?
For example, are parentheses allowed?  Dollar signs?  Quotation marks
(both single and double)?

Here is a list of troublesome possibilities.  Are there test cases
for all of these in the Automake test suite?

* File names starting with '-' or with '~'.

* File names containing a space, a tab, or a newline.

* File names containing one of the following characters:

   " # $ & ' ( ) * ; < = > ? [ \ `