From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Whitespace in `${srcdir}' during `configure' Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:28:07 +0700 Message-ID: References: <5460673E.8000002@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415629721 27563 80.91.229.3 (10 Nov 2014 14:28:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:28:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alexander Shukaev , Paul Eggert , emacs-devel To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 10 15:28:34 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xnpx8-0007Gh-CI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:28:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43596 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xnpx7-0001ZN-VJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:28:21 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42292) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xnpx0-0001Vs-Ug for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:28:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xnpx0-0007Ep-6e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:28:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ig0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::230]:51964) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xnpwv-000794-94; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:28:09 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-f176.google.com with SMTP id l13so18001377iga.9 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:28:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=la2Ugz3lpnxj26ay59srERXmhFTF//7MeR7AKhAXX/U=; b=dXZ7M7eLI/owYt2lAnalc0keZk/jxmUH00nQubk0gJAfRkGFxu4FsGPguK6y0xIfwi OCPvXNiK0w6xMU94MWwA3MXvyuHKruTcuLb21piK8cm5PJ/5JHsomLpSvEZTpZ8wFT7r E9qbQaiKNtERW4Yb3eQZdC0gART2DLzhjJiq22PmFr8jpDxVX1qx7NsapWbIkTOodHBq Ykcn5ayAPM5WEsQYZDr9lEYkAXSbd+MTMThdATX/l0D8sUgtrCSVHtMNXuqgeIF6po2q qHfyt6T0HAvl0vW+U2YO484A41qHudLRkOyen4hquOxMK2XfVMLlW6E3lrIYJJL4QMAp vjmw== X-Received: by 10.107.155.209 with SMTP id d200mr34463746ioe.12.1415629687173; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:28:07 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.107.48.3 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:28:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: W9QWkf5ztJ6D30BoVd-cez-pZH4 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c05::230 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176683 Archived-At: On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Glenn Morris wrote: > But really, the only case I can think of is a user whose home directory > contains spaces and is unable to use /tmp. In which case, I can only > assume that their sysadmin hates them and wants them to be miserable. > Compiling software is probably the least of their problems. :) This case is *the* norm on Windows, starting with 2000 (where /home is "C:\Documents and Settings") and up to but not including Vista (where it was finally renamed "C:\Users"). Also, temporary directories (both user=E2=80=99s and public) are within this subtree.