Subject: bug#15260: cannot build in a directory with non-ascii characters

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:48:42 -0400

Glenn Morris wrote:

> If it cannot be made to work, configure should abort with an error in
> such cases. [non-ascii directories]

Done. Leaving this open as a wishlist to make it work.

> I have some vague memory that it also might not work with spaces in the
> names, but did not test.

This works now - http://debbugs.gnu.org/15675 .