#19712 [Opn->Csd]: phpize reports errors when using directories containing spaces

ID: 19712 Updated by: sas@php.net Reported By: MuTbKA@ukr.net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Compile Failure Operating System: Any PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: Trying to support spaces in path names opens up a can of worms without any real benefit. If your administrator has made the mistake to give you a home directory beneath such a path, complain to him/her. It is very likely that the person is simply inexperienced. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-02 07:41:12] MuTbKA@ukr.net I don't think so... Perhaps "blanks in dirnames are a no-no for developers", but why one should do exotic things like: $cp /usr/local/bin/phpize /home/user/my_ext/phpize $cd /home/user/my_ext $vi phpize ... $./phpize Is it possible that one have no control over upper level dirs? I think nothing should not be done in one and only one situation: the patch will have some negative side effects. In the case I don't see ones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-02 07:14:36] hholzgra@php.net why do you do that? even if we fix this -> blanks in dirnames are a no-no for developers this fires back in lots of places (e.g. find ... | xargs ... ) so it is an absolute bad idea in the first place ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-02 06:52:40] derick@php.net changing category ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-10-02 06:51:25] MuTbKA@ukr.net $mkdir "My Directory" $cd "My Directory" $touch config.m4 $phpize usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src target cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src target cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory mv: build/rules_pear.mk: No such file or directory The problem is here: (cd $phpdir && cp $FILES_BUILD $builddir/build) (cd $phpdir && cp $FILES $builddir) We consider that one should use "${phpdir}" and "${builddir}" to eliminate the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=19712&edit=1