[Pyobjc-dev] [ pyobjc-Bugs-839536 ] libffi doesn't build when path has spaces in it

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Bugs item #839536, was opened at 2003-11-10 13:22
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Josh Minor (joshminor)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: libffi doesn't build when path has spaces in it

Initial Comment:
This took me a while to track down, so I thought I'd share it 
with others.  If you happen to be in a directory that has 
spaces in the name (as is often the case on the Mac) then 
libffi's configure script fails.

% pwd
/Volumes/Kyoto_HD/Users/joshm/foo bar/pyobjc-1.0
% /usr/bin/python setup.py
Performing task: Building FFI
/Volumes/Kyoto_HD/Users/joshm/foo bar/pyobjc-1.0/libffi-
src/configure: line 489: test: /Volumes/Kyoto_HD/Users/
joshm/foo: binary operator expected
/Volumes/Kyoto_HD/Users/joshm/foo bar/pyobjc-1.0/libffi-
src/configure: line 495: test: /Volumes/Kyoto_HD/Users/
joshm/foo: binary operator expected
configure: error: can not find install-sh or install.sh in  /
Volumes/Kyoto_HD/Users/joshm/foo bar/pyobjc-1.0/libffi-
src/
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for Cygwin environment... no
checking for mingw32 environment... no
Task 'Building FFI' failed [256]

This appears to be due to the fact that some $variables are 
not quoted properly, but the workaround it quite simple.  
Just build in a path with no spaces.

(also submitted as a bug in libffi)


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