[bug #68484] pkg install <pkg> errors on missing `"` in case of packages using configure-make

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URL:=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68484>=0A=0A                 Summa=
ry: pkg install <pkg> errors on missing `"` in case of=0Apackages using con=
figure-make=0A                   Group: GNU Octave=0A               Submitt=
er: philipnienhuis=0A               Submitted: Sun 28 Jun 2026 01:35:29 PM =
CEST=0A                Category: Interpreter=0A                Severity: 3 =
- Normal=0A                Priority: 5 - Normal=0A              Item Group:=
 Regression=0A                  Status: None=0A             Assigned to: No=
ne=0A         Originator Name: philipnienhuis=0A        Originator Email:=
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               Release: dev=0A        Operating System: Microsoft Windows=
=0A           Fixed Release: 12.1.0 (current default)=0A         Planned Re=
lease: 12.1.0 (current default)=0A=0A=0A    _______________________________=
________________________=0A=0AFollow-up Comments:=0A=0A=0A-----------------=
--------------------------------------=0ADate: Sun 28 Jun 2026 01:35:29 PM =
CEST By: Philip Nienhuis <philipnienhuis>=0A(I think I mentioned this alrea=
dy on Discourse in one of the codebase=0Arefactoring threads but I can't fi=
nd it back.)=0A=0AE.g., windows package, but also seen when trying to insta=
ll control:=0A=0Aoctave:1> pkg install -verbose C:/Users/philip/Downloads/w=
indows-1.7.0.tar.gz=0Amkdir (C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-ujyf0Q)=
=0Auntar (C:\Users\philip\Downloads\windows-1.7.0.tar.gz,=0AC:\Users\philip=
\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-ujyf0Q)=0Ash: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while look=
ing for matching `"'=0A=0Aerror: pkg: error running the configure script fo=
r windows=0Aerror: called from=0A    configure_make at line 101 column 9=0A=
    install at line 202 column 7=0A    pkg at line 692 column 9=0Aoctave:2>=
=0A=0AThe variable 'cmd', that the 'system()' command on L. 98 [*] of=0A'co=
nfigure_make.m' stumbles over, contains the following:=0A=0Adebug> cmd=0Acm=
d =3D cd 'C:\Users\philip\AppData\Local\Temp\oct-epwlv3\windows-1.7.0\src';=
=0AMKOCTFILE=3D'L:/dist/octave12/mingw64/bin/mkoctfile-12.0.0.exe --verbose=
'=0AOCTAVE_CONFIG=3D'L:/dist/octave12/mingw64/bin/octave-config-12.0.0.exe'=
=0AOCTAVE=3D'L:/dist/octave12/mingw64/bin/octave-12.0.0.exe' V=3D1 ./config=
ure=0ACC=3D"gcc" XX=3D"g++" AR=3D"ar" RANDLIB=3D""=0Adebug>=0A=0AI couldn't=
 spot an issue with that line, but I'm not proficient with=0Aautotools.=0A=
=0A[*] L.101 is in the catch clause where execution ends up after the faili=
ng=0A'system()' command.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A    _______________________=
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