Re: Windows PEAR installation bug

> Hi, > > A few months ago, I proposed a patch that would make PEAR compatible > with installation to paths with spaces in them, and it was rejected > because PEAR doesn't support paths with spaces in them. Fair enough, > but I just finished helping someone install PEAR on windows XP who was > trying to install to C:\Program Files\php, and was getting the totally > irrelevant error message "failed to write C:\Program > Files\PHP\pear\data\PEAR\.tmppackage.dtd" The installation worked when > he tried installing to C:\php instead. > > Can someone fix the PEAR installer to check for spaces in the paths and > die gracefully with a "PEAR doesn't support spaces in the pathname", or > add support for spaces in a pathname? I have a feeling that a large > number of windows users are abandoning the idea of using pear for this > reason. Good idea to add that or die gracefully. Arnaud.