Re: Linking with '-L /path/to/lib' (note the space!)

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 08:29:19PM CEST:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
>> * Olaf Lenz wrote on Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 02:56:10PM CEST:
>>> When I pass the option "-L /path/to/lib" (note the space between -L and
>>> /path/to/lib) to libtool in linking mode, libtool does not fail nor does
[...]
>> Others, OK for the patch below, or should we just parse that construct
>> correctly?
>
> Please apply this patch.  Allowing spaces in arguments will simply  
> discover otherwise non-existing bugs somewhere else.

Well, libtool *could* also remove the space.  I'm just not sure whether
it's worth supporting this.

Cheers,
Ralf