Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Saturday 04 September 2010, Bruno Haible wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Jim Meyering wrote on bug-gnulib: >> > Coreutils tests with an absolute build directory name that >> > contains a space. Not quoting this directory name caused a >> > failure. * tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh: Quote PATH dir name. >> > ... >> > --- a/tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh >> > +++ b/tests/test-vc-list-files-git.sh >> > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ >> > >> > # along with this program. If not, see >> > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ >> > >> > : ${srcdir=.} >> > >> > -. "$srcdir/init.sh"; path_prepend_ $abs_aux_dir . >> > +. "$srcdir/init.sh"; path_prepend_ "$abs_aux_dir" . >> >> This extra check, part of "make distcheck", that verifies that the >> package builds even when the srcdir or builddir contains a space, >> would be useful for more packages. On mingw, it is frequent to >> have spaces in directories. >> >> Could Automake offer this check, if a certain Automake option is >> specified in AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE? > What about instead making the names of the temporaries source/build/install > directories used by "make distcheck" configurable? This will offer more > flexibility, and won't introduce still another automake option which would > make backward-compatibility more problematic. > > I was thinking of something on these lines: > > $ cat Makefile.am > ... > AM_DISTCHECK_BUILDDIR_NAME = _ b u i l d ## will be relative to $(distdir) > AM_DISTCHECK_SRCDIR_NAME = . ## likewise > AM_DISTCHECK_INSTALLDIR_NAME = i...@l1 ## likewise > > If you like the proposal, I might try to implement this (but right away).
I do like it. Thanks!
