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Re: pathnames containing spaces

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey at his dot com>
To: automake at gnu dot org
Cc: James Amundson <amundson at users dot sourceforge dot net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:47:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: pathnames containing spaces
References: <pan.2004.01.26.23.40.37.65198@users.sourceforge.net><401657BC.9020404@users.sourceforge.net><1075226591.7719.21.camel@abacus.dhcp.fnal.gov><4016B6B5.5040205@users.sourceforge.net>

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Earnie Boyd wrote:

> > Surely the automake maintainers realize that this is a bug, don't they?
> >
>
> No, it is not an automake or autoconf bug.  Autoconf and Automake are
> about portability and spaces in path names are not portable.

Which platforms does automake run on where spaces in pathnames are
illegal?

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

References:
- pathnames containing spaces
  - From: James Amundson
- Re: pathnames containing spaces
  - From: Earnie Boyd
- Re: pathnames containing spaces
  - From: James Amundson
- Re: pathnames containing spaces
  - From: Earnie Boyd

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