Re: Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-07 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2013-06-06 17:58 -0700, Kip Warner wrote: On Thu, 2013-06-06 at 10:37 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote: Moreover, the link provided below is broken, so we cannot see the whole Makefile.am. Hey Nick. Sorry about that. Try this:

Re: Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-07 Thread Kip Warner
On Fri, 2013-06-07 at 10:04 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote: NB: Spaces are painful because make, for the most part, is impossible to use with filenames containing spaces. Agreed. When I said it was an issue with Automake, I meant everything under it inclusive. The real problem is probably in Make.

Re: Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-06 Thread Nick Bowler
Hi, On 2013-06-05 14:37 -0700, Kip Warner wrote: My make install target for my autotool'd project's translations directory has a number of prerequisites. The one which seems to be causing trouble is the install-data-yes target. Yes, I am aware the path I am using contains spaces and yes I am

Re: Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-06 Thread Kip Warner
On Thu, 2013-06-06 at 10:37 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote: Moreover, the link provided below is broken, so we cannot see the whole Makefile.am. Hey Nick. Sorry about that. Try this: https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~avaneya/avaneya/trunk/view/head:/Extras/VLR/Extractor/Makefile.am In any case, I

Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-05 Thread Kip Warner
Hey list, My make install target for my autotool'd project's translations directory has a number of prerequisites. The one which seems to be causing trouble is the install-data-yes target. Yes, I am aware the path I am using contains spaces and yes I am aware that makefiles can choke on it if not

Re: Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-05 Thread Gavin Smith
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Kip Warner k...@thevertigo.com wrote: My make install target for my autotool'd project's translations directory has a number of prerequisites. The one which seems to be causing trouble is the install-data-yes target. Yes, I am aware the path I am using contains

Re: Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-05 Thread Kip Warner
On Wed, 2013-06-05 at 23:42 +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: AFAIK file names with spaces and funny characters in them are not supported by automake. Damn. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-05 Thread Peter Johansson
On 06/06/2013 07:37 AM, Kip Warner wrote: Hey list, My make install target for my autotool'd project's translations directory has a number of prerequisites. The one which seems to be causing trouble is the install-data-yes target. Yes, I am aware the path I am using contains spaces and yes I am

Re: Broken install-data-yes target

2013-06-05 Thread Kip Warner
On Thu, 2013-06-06 at 11:22 +1000, Peter Johansson wrote: Have you tried quoting the last two lines; something like: dir=$(localedir)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \ $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$$dir; \ Hey Peter. Tried it already and same result. I think in the end I should probably