Bob Proulx writes: >> [Unpack] any other build into a directory called, say "/tmp/test >> automake", and run it. In my particular case, the makefiles failed >> to call the local copy of install-sh because of the blank. > > This is a documented limitation. See the following reference. > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/limitations-on-file-names.html#limitations-on-file-names
I am sorry, but that page doesn't seem to mention this problem at all. > Using whitespace in filenames has long been an issue for Unix tools > in general because whitespace is used as an input field separator. I am sorry, but I have to disagree. Unix tools have no trouble whatsoever with blanks in file names -- it's humans who have trouble using them because we tend to forget the necessary quoting. > This leads to 'make' not being designed to handle filenames with > whitespace and of course automake tries to produce portable make > configurations. I don't know what limitation you refer to. Can you please explain how make's design causes these problems? Best regards, Peter
