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Re: [PATCH] perl/Makefile: handle paths with spaces in the NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER section

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 5, 2008, 23:46 UTC
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Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> writes:
> Use double quotes to protect against paths which may contain spaces.
> ...
> +	echo '	mkdir -p "$(instdir_SQ)"' >> $@

Is this sufficient? We seem to apply double-sq when writing shell scriptlet in GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS from the main Makefile, and I suspect you would need to do something similar.

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  7. perl/Makefile: handle paths with spaces by adding additional quotingBrandon Casey, Aug 6, 2008
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  10. perl/Makefile: make NO_PERL_MAKEMAKER section more robustBrandon Casey, Aug 6, 2008

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