Re: [open-cobol-list] Re: error when compiling OC from a directory with spaces in its name

[Alain Lucari]

Hi all,

That's really funny : who absolutly _MUST_ have a space
in his dir name for install software ?
Why test a free software on (cyg)win before use it with
Linux ?

Le Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:24:32 +0100
Roger While <address@hidden> a écrit:

> I wrote :
>  > Yes, this is a problem with autoconf/libtool.
>  > As my Cygwin installations are all under
>  > one-word user names, I did not hit this.
>  > Work around under Cygwin (I think) :
>  > cygpath $(cygpath -d "$*")
>  > You can put this command into your Cygwin
>  > startup/login script.
>  > There may be other problems; I will check this
>  > out in the next couple of days.
> 
> Naa, that doesn't seem too work.
> Anyway, started a discussion on the libtool mailing list.
> Result is "too difficult - not planned".
> 
> So, cannot see anything we can do from the OC side.
> Alternatives :
> a) Install Cygwin in it's own directory directly under a
> windows partion eg. C.\cygwin
> Under this there will be a "home" directory.
> Create the (no included spaces!) user under "home".
> (This is how I always have done Cygwin/user installs)
> 
> b) Use the Cygwin mount facility to map the directories.
> Install using the mapped drives.
> 
> Roger
> 

best (most funnies) regards,
-- 
Alain Lucari (Eurlix)