Subject: bug#25085: 25.1; flymake, Java: Space in file path causes CFGERR

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:35:05 +0100

Luis Gerhorst <[email-masked]> writes:

> The following does work with 'emacs -Q'.
>
> 1. Open a .java file in a directory that contains a space character.
> 2. Create a Makfile containing at least the following target (standard for flymake):
>
> check-syntax:
> 	javac -Xlint $(CHK_SOURCES)
>
> .PHONY: check-syntax
>
> 3. M-x flymake-mode in the .java-buffer and a GUI window with a error message pops up.

(This bug report unfortunately got no response at the time.)

I tried reproducing this in Emacs 26.1 and Emacs 28, and was unable to.

Are you still seeing this problem in more recent Emacs versions?

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