Re: make fails if path has spaces

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Andreas Pflug wrote:
>
>>Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yes, the executable has to be quoted.  Where is it being referenced
>>>unquoted?
>>
>>In this case, $(PERL) is referenced for building psql's doc. PERL is set
>>in Makefile.global unquoted, as all paths.
>>
>>For others, the same problem might arise with bison or flex.
>
>
> Is the problem the assignment in Makefile.global or the use of the
> variable in psql/Makefile?
>

It could be fixed in both places, but the more general fix would be to
qoute in Makefile.global, i.e. fixing configure.

Regards,
Andreas