Re: Problem with spaces in path name

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Jon Leighton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm having a problem building NPSR in Windows XP when the path name contains
> spaces.  Changing the path to one without spaces solves the problem, but I
> need to be able to use paths with spaces.  The path below contains
> "Documents and Settings", which is causing the problem seen in the output
> below.  I'm using MozillaBuild 1.3.  Thank you for any help.
>
> - Jon
>
>
> $ make
> cd config; make -j1 export
> make[1]: Entering directory `/c/Documents and Settings/leighton/develo
> pment/firefox/source/tcp/3.0.5/config_test/nspr_test/config'
> cl -Fonow.obj -c      -W3 -nologo -GF -Gy -Od -MD -Z7   -UNDEBUG -DDEB
> UG_leighton -UWINNT  -DDEBUG=1 -DXP_PC=1 -DWIN32=1 -D_DEBUG=1 -DWIN95=
> 1 -D_PR_GLOBAL_THREADS_ONLY=1 -D_X86_=1  -DFORCE_PR_LOG   /c/Documents
> and Settings/leighton/development/firefox/source/tcp/3.0.5/config_test
> /nsprpub/config/now.c
> cl : Command line warning D9024 : unrecognized source file type 'c:/Do
> cuments', object file assumed
> cl : Command line warning D9027 : source file 'c:/Documents' ignored
> cl : Command line warning D9024 : unrecognized source file type 'and',
> object file assumed
> cl : Command line warning D9027 : source file 'and' ignored
> now.c
> c1 : fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: 'Settings/leighton/de
> velopment/firefox/source/tcp/3.0.5/config_test/nsprpub/config/now.c':
> No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** [now.obj] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/Documents and Settings/leighton/develop
> ment/firefox/source/tcp/3.0.5/config_test/nspr_test/config'
> make: *** [export] Error
>
> $

Thanks for the bug report.  I can reproduce this bug.  I
filed a bug report and attached a patch to it:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=473413

Please give the patch a try.

Wan-Teh