#59 Windows build problem with spaces in directory tree

[Paul Maddern]

Building project fails in Windows Vista (64 bit environment, but probably the same in 32 bit) when build directory has a space in the name. e.g. My user account is (First name)space(Last name) and DevKitPro tries to find a directory called only C:\Users(First Name) which doesn't exist as it's; C:\Users(First Name) (Last Name)...

Obviously only a minor issue as I've moved my build directory to C:\devkitPro... but I thought it best to alert you this was happening.

Thanks

[Dave Murphy]

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The installer deliberately prevents you from installing to a path with spaces. Nothing in a gnu based development environment should have spaces in the path - bad things happen if you do that.

[Paul Maddern]

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Ah yeah but I didn't install into a path which has a space in the directory, I was simply attempting to build a project I'd downloaded into my Firefox "downloads" folder (which resides in my Documents and Settings path) - although this is minor, I should imagine most Windoze users would first attempt to build in the same way as this (if they're downloading example code such as I did) - I wasn't thinking so much of a fix, more just a note in the FAQ?

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