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add warning about ":" in directory names
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
add warning about ":" in directory names |
Date: |
Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:48:54 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
I installed this:
2006-06-01 Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
* doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about ":"
anywhere in directory names.
--- doc/autoconf.texi 31 May 2006 20:20:13 -0000 1.1032
+++ doc/autoconf.texi 1 Jun 2006 07:47:24 -0000
@@ -10947,7 +10947,9 @@ the following:
Also, file names should not begin with @samp{~} or @samp{-}, and should
contain neither @samp{-} immediately after @samp{/} nor @samp{~}
-immediately after @samp{:}.
+immediately after @samp{:}. On Posix-like platforms, directory names
+should not contain @samp{:}, as this runs afoul of @samp{:} used as the
+path separator.
These restrictions apply not only to the files that you distribute, but
also to the absolute file names of your source, build, and destination
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