Re: [Mingw-msys] Compiling 'man' on MSYS/MINGW problem

Quoting Keith Marshall <kei...@us...>:


>
>> I have dl'd all the stuff
>> from "Current" on the "Download" page on mingw.org and everything else
>> seems to compile/run OK. Oh, /usr/src is a 'mount' on my system
>> pointing to a dir in 'My Documents' if that makes and diff.
>
> Aaaaaaarrgh!  Spaces in path names are EVIL!  How have you set up the
> mount point definition?  Before trying anything else, I'd move everything
> into some path which doesn't have spaces ANYWHERE in the name, and try
> again.  If it still fails, post details of your setup, (i.e. where you've
> installed MinGW and MSYS, what versions you are using, output from
> msysinfo), paths to working directories, EXACT sequence of commands
> you've used, relevant excerpts from config.log, and error messages
> reported, and we'll follow it up further.
>

And the MSYS fstab mount system doesn't even attempt to understand 
spaces in the path name.  Use the /X switch to the cmd.exe dir command 
to find the appropriate short name to substitute.

Earnie Boyd


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