Re: make fails if path has spaces

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: make fails if path has spaces
Date: 2004-08-04 13:42:02
Message-ID: 4110E7AA.4010309@dunslane.net
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Andreas Pflug wrote:

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, the executable has to be quoted. Where is it being referenced
>> unquoted?
>
>
> In this case, $(PERL) is referenced for building psql's doc. PERL is
> set in Makefile.global unquoted, as all paths.
>
> For others, the same problem might arise with bison or flex.
>
>

Generally I think we expect all the build tools to be installed under
MSys - maybe you need to install MSysDTK?

An alternative would be to quote $(PERL) in psql's Makefile, but that
might not solve the general problem, as you observe.

cheers

andrew

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