On Wed Feb 27 04:55:13 2013, invalid.nore...@gnu.org (Jian) wrote: > Follow-up Comment #12, bug #712 (project make): > > What's a pity the bug/limitation has lasted more than 10 years! I'd like to > share my workaround here.
Thanks ... I don't think make can be expected to handle spaces in filenames because by design it relies on many other tools and scripts that cannot handle them or handle them in very idiosyncratic ways. You're in for a lot of trouble regardless of what make itself supports. Most Unix scripters know this before they even meet make, so they will already avoid using spaces (or other shell metacharacters) in filenames with make. However, it might be helpful to document any specific problems make itself has with such characters in filenames. -- Reinier _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
