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2006.03.31 17:38 "Re: configure in tiff-3.8.2 cannot deal with path with spaces", by Bob Friesenhahn
2006.04.03 14:33 "Re: configure in tiff-3.8.2 cannot deal with path with spaces", by Bob Friesenhahn2006.04.03 17:02 "Re: configure in tiff-3.8.2 cannot deal with path with spaces", by Andrea Govoni
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > > If this is an autoconf's bug, should I file a bug against it? > > I cannot believe that in the twenty-first century we cannot yet deal > > with spaces and other characters in the pathname… > > Autoconf produces a Unix shell script. Unix shell scripts pass > arguments to sub-commands using spaces to delimit the arguments. > Sometimes argument lists are expanded multiple times and expanded > arguments may include spaces. Given the differences in shell behavior > across the many systems that Autoconf supports, it is a very difficult > job to fix the spaces problem. The Autoconf maintainers are well aware > of the issue but no fix is within easy reach. Thanks for the thoroughly explanation, Bob. I'll study shell scripting and autoconf, maybe I'll come up with a patch only for my particular system. In the meantime, I'll try to get rid of spaces in the path. Regards, -- Andrea "XFox" Govoni AIM/iChat/ICQ: xfox@mac.com Yahoo! ID: xfox82 Skype Name: draykan