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2008.04.10 17:36 "Re: PREFIX with a comma?", by <dean@brewsession.com>
Bob Friesenhahn wrote on 04/10/08 12:06: > On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Dean wrote: > >> I am trying to install libtiff to a directory with a comma in the >> name. make >> fails because libtool uses commas for some sort of delimiter. Any >> suggestions >> here? > > Don't do that! :-) > > It seems that the blame of libtool is really a blame of the syntax that > the compiler itself uses. > > If you really need to use directories with commas, you could set up some > symbolic links which make them available via more normal paths. > Otherwise, it seems that using commas are spaces in directory paths is > just asking for trouble in a Unix world. Thanks for the reply Bob. Help me understand which piece of the equation is causing the problem. Appears to me that libtool is passing some arguments to g++ which barfs because it uses commas to delimit values to its arguments. Is that the situation? Spaces and commas are completely valid filename characters "in a unix world." Symlinks won't work because of company policies and we have 788 other software installs that don't mind having a comma in their directory name. Thanks, --Dean -- Unscrambler of eggs [1709.5k, 224.8deg] Apparent Rennerian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i am become def, the mixer of words I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul