On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> %% Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> fm> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Paul D. Smith wrote:
>
> >> The simplest solution is to use backslashes to quote the spaces:
> >>
> >> MAKEFLAGS='CC=gcc-3.0 PKG_CFLAGS=\ -Wall\ -pedantic' R CMD SHLIB rc.c -o rc.so
> >>
> >> will work (note the change to single quotes: if you must use double
> >> quotes you'll have to type two backslashes to get one--see the
> >> documentation for your shell).
>
> fm> Thanks. This works. Am I correct in thinking this a shell issue?
> fm> I am using bash, of course.
>
> Not really.
[exposition snipped]
Thanks. That makes things much clearer. I've forwarded your two messages
to the R people at [EMAIL PROTECTED], and suggested they update
their FAQ to include an example of this syntax.
Best regards, Faheem Mitha.
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