GNU bug report logs - #13078
[PATCH] configure.ac: Cygwin build breaks when path to pkg-tool contains spaces

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>

Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 04:39:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 13078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13078 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13078: [PATCH] configure.ac: Cygwin build breaks when path to
	pkg-tool contains spaces
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 21:13:47 -0800

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> Josh wrote:
>
>> but the build failed because ./configure was finding a version of
>> pkg-config whose path contained whitespace.  This exposed some quoting
>> problems in configure.ac, fixed in the patch below.
>
> Thanks, see comments below. (I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there
> are similar problems for other variables.)

Nor would I.  My patch addresses only the failure I encountered; it
might be worthwhile for someone more conversant with the build process
than I to investigate.
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