PROBLEM ``./configure'' creates empty Makefiles and the following error messages if there is a ``,'' in the name of the working directory. REMARK As I have seen, ``,'' is used as separator for the sed statements in config.status. Would it be possible to use instead a character which cannot be used in a pathname, e.g. ``;''? ERROR MESSAGES ... checking for lpr... lpr checking for paperconf... false checking for recommended packages... yes configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makeconf sed: -e expression #1, char 295: Unknown option to `s' config.status: creating Makefile sed: -e expression #1, char 295: Unknown option to `s' config.status: creating afm/Makefile sed: -e expression #1, char 299: Unknown option to `s' config.status: creating doc/Makefile ... Wolfram
R 1.8.1 ./configure with "," in working directory (PR#5536)
2 messages · wolfram at fischer-zim.ch, Barry Rowlingson
wolfram@fischer-zim.ch wrote:
REMARK As I have seen, ``,'' is used as separator for the sed statements in config.status. Would it be possible to use instead a character which cannot be used in a pathname, e.g. ``;''?
What makes you think ';' cant be used in a pathname? $ mkdir 'foo;bar' $ ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 rowlings baz 4096 Dec 5 10:01 foo;bar I think the only (printable ascii) character not allowed in Unix pathnames is '/'. Barry