Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Ralf Corsepius
Hi, Simple question: Does automake support filenames containing blanks? I fear, the answer is no: # cat Makefile.am: data_DATA = foo\ 1 # make DESTDIR=/tmp install .. /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /tmp/usr/local/share mkdir -p -- /tmp/usr/local/share /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./foo\ /tmp/usr/local

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Guido Draheim
Ralf Corsepius wrote: Hi, Simple question: Does automake support filenames containing blanks? I fear, the answer is no: # cat Makefile.am: data_DATA = foo\ 1 # make DESTDIR=/tmp install .. /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /tmp/usr/local/share mkdir -p -- /tmp/usr/local/share /usr/bin/install -c -m

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 09:39, Guido Draheim wrote: Ralf Corsepius wrote: Hi, Simple question: Does automake support filenames containing blanks? I fear, the answer is no: # cat Makefile.am: data_DATA = foo\ 1 # make DESTDIR=/tmp install .. /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /tmp

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Guido Draheim
Ralf Corsepius wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 09:39, Guido Draheim wrote: Ralf Corsepius wrote: Hi, Simple question: Does automake support filenames containing blanks? I fear, the answer is no: # cat Makefile.am: data_DATA = foo\ 1 # make DESTDIR=/tmp install .. /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /tmp

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Lars Hecking
test -n '$(libs)' for i in '$(libs)'; do ... I like that one :-) it's about as short as the current way to guard against empty lists, but I am sure you meant not to use single-ticks around the for-in argument, did ye.. ;-) The and || shortcuts are not nice to the environment, because

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Ralf == Ralf Corsepius [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ralf Hi, Ralf Simple question: Does automake support filenames containing blanks? I guess nobody really bothered because Make itself uses blanks as filename separators. '\ ' seems to be a GNU extension, does anybody knows of another

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Earnie Boyd
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: Ralf == Ralf Corsepius [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ralf Hi, Ralf Simple question: Does automake support filenames containing blanks? I guess nobody really bothered because Make itself uses blanks as filename separators. '\ ' seems to be a GNU extension, does anybody

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Guido Draheim
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: Ralf == Ralf Corsepius [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ralf Hi, Ralf Simple question: Does automake support filenames containing blanks? I guess nobody really bothered because Make itself uses blanks as filename separators. '\ ' seems to be a GNU extension, does

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Raja R Harinath
Hi, Alexandre Duret-Lutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: gd == Guido Draheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: gd Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote: Ralf == Ralf Corsepius [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ralf Hi, Ralf Simple question: Does automake support filenames containing blanks? I guess nobody really

Re: Filenames containing blanks

2003-07-23 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
Hari == Raja R Harinath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Hari I think it's worthwhile to consider Ralf's patch after he Hari addresses some of my comments. I completely agree. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz