>>>>> "Akim" == Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Keith> I recently discovered that the generated configure scripts have
Keith> problems when the software is installed in a directory whose
Keith> name contains ':' characters. (I was using a timestamp as part
Keith> of the directory name).
Akim> I'm not surprised you found such problems: the colon is used in
Akim> many places to separate various file names. Although there are
Akim> probably places where we could avoid this problem, I doubt we
Akim> could ever cleanup Autoconf from this (yet because at some
Akim> places it is the user herself who uses `:' in the input).
And once you get past the autoconf problems, you still have to contend
with make. If a ":" ends up in your Makefile, you are doomed (more or
less). This sucks, but it is basically unavoidable given make's
extreme lameness.
Tom
