Re: 21.4.20 configure.in problems

On 5/3/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; wrote: Here's why I asked exactly what went wrong: bash-3.2$ mkdir "foo bar" bash-3.2$ cd ./foo\ bar/ bash-3.2$ /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/configure checking whether ln -s works... yes Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/lisp Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/etc Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/man Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/info Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/tests /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/configure: line 881: cd: /e/acs/foo: No such file or directory /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/configure: line 901: test: too many arguments ... OK. Edit configure script to add the requested quotes, then bash-3.2$ /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/configure checking whether ln -s works... yes Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/lisp Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/etc Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/man Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/info Making symbolic link to /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/tests /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/configure: line 881: cd: /e/acs/foo: No such file or directory /e/acs/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/configure: line 901: test: too many arguments So, adding those quotes is not sufficient to solve the problem of trying to build in a directory with a space in the name. - Vin -- The Journey by Mary Oliver http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=6771&poem=30506 _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta