Subject: Build/install problem with spaces in directories
From: Raymond Toy
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:52:54 -0400
Just wanted to point this issue in case anyone else has it.
automake/autoconf/configure is broken in two ways:
o If the full path to your lisp has a directory with a space in it,
like "/foo bar/bin/lisp".
o If you wish to install to a path with a directory containing a space
in it, like "/xy zzy/tools"
I started to fix this by modifying */Makefile.in, but found out that
everytime I ran bootstrap, the Makefile.in files got overwritten. So
I think the issue is a bug in automake/autoconf, not maxima.
The issue is that the resulting files don't have enough quotes around
some paths so the shell sees that path as 2 args instead of one.
Bummer. I had it all working until I ran bootstrap which wiped out my
fixes. :-(
Ray