On 7. 5. 2017 20:35, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > I have asked Arjen, one of the PLplot developers with access to > MinGW-w64/MSYS2 to find out for himself whether installing and using > this platform with a space in the install prefix is possible or not by > the "try and see" method. However, we would be interested if anyone > else here has tried this, and if so are there any "gotchas" that Arjen > has to be aware of other than some of the MinGW-w64/MSYS2 free > software libraries that are not essential to the basic Unix tool and > build functionality of this platform will not work under this > scenario?
Hi. As you noted, spaces in paths are a pain point for POSIX-centric software unfortunately. I suspect you could also encounter issues in some MSYS2-specific parts, such as the installer, scripts (profile, makepkg-mingw, ...) and even some in software patched by MSYS2 that would otherwise be space-proof. The "try and see" method sounds best, maybe with a bit of "send patches for the MSYS2-specific stuff if possible". I will try to get them merged. -- David Macek
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