For the record, there's one option you haven't discussed:
CLEARTOOL := C:/Progra~1/Rational/ClearCase/bin/cleartool.exe
However, I think getting rid of the full path is the more robust solution.
-dsb
At 09:38 AM 7/28/00 -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2000.07.28 02:07:41
> >Talking about UNIX (vanilla) Make and GNU Make, I'd say that you're in
> >for some fun and games if you try to make this robust against spaces in
> >path names by using some general set of rules. It would be possible to
> >put quotes around all macro expansions where one path name is known to
> >be expanded (as in "$(CLEARTOOL)" in your example). But what do you do
> >with $^, for instance?
>
>I guess it would _really_ be a mess if we were to wrap these (ie $^) in double
>quotes, too.
>
> >And: Some manipulation functions work on space separated lists of names
> >- obviously you'd have to avoid them: $(filter PAT,TEXT), $(addsuffix
> >SUF,NAMES), and so on.
>
>Yes, these would have to dealt with. This is enough of a reason for me to try
>to change our build standard so as not to place tools into paths with
>spaces in
>them.
>
> >Another caveat: Sometimes it's a good idea to add some option to the
> >program name when defining a macro:
> > RM = /bin/rm -f
> >Now, wrapping the expansion in quotes won't do...
>
>I think the "right" way to do this is:
> RM:=/bin/rm
> RMFLAGS:=-f -r
>
>target:
> "$(RM)" $(RMFLAGS)
>
>I guess not all macros should be wrapped. Only those pertaining to file
>system
>elements.
>
>Thanks,
>Noel
>
>
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