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[Configure] Bug with check for PERL when path has spaces (i.e. Windows)

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Karl Berry <karl@HIDDEN>, Fri Apr 21 2023 23:57:12 GMT+0200 
(Central European Summer Time)
> Thanks for the report, Dan, and for looking into this, Bogdan.
> 
>              #!User bins/perl
> 
> Apart from anything else, this cannot be solved. Shebang lines do not
> support quoting.
> 
> Thus I think what we should do is have configure give a better error
> message when the Perl path contains whitespace, that is, explicitly
> stating it can't be supported.  Instead of just failing "by the way" due
> to the lack of quoting. Would you be up for making a patch for that?


  Sure, seems easy. Too bad I don't see where configure is checking 
for 'mkdir -p' and 'install -c', I could fix that as well.
  But anyway, patch for the Perl path attached. I thought about using 
'grep -q' and checking the exit code, but maybe this version is more 
portable.

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Thanks for the report, Dan, and for looking into this, Bogdan.

            #!User bins/perl

Apart from anything else, this cannot be solved. Shebang lines do not
support quoting.

Thus I think what we should do is have configure give a better error
message when the Perl path contains whitespace, that is, explicitly
stating it can't be supported.  Instead of just failing "by the way" due
to the lack of quoting. Would you be up for making a patch for that?

Thanks,
Karl




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Hello.

  Thank you for the bug report. The problem is a bit more complicated, 
unfortunately. At least from my point of view.
  I did a bit of an analysis. The problem can be replicated on current 
master on a Linux - just do

	ln -s /usr/bin 'User bins'
	export PATH='User bins':$PATH

and reconfigure.

  I can surround $PERL and $(PERL) with parentheses (patch attached), but:

1) this doesn't fix the "shebang" lines, like #!/bin/bash, leaving 
e.g. bin/aclocal with

	#!User bins/perl

   and that not only will not work, it still stops the build with

	help2man: can't get `--help' info from bin/aclocal

   because of

	$ bin/aclocal --help
    bash: bin/aclocal: User: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

2) this won't work if the correct perl command has options, like when 
we need to, for some reason, have e.g. PERL=perl -W

3) I noticed problem 2) because my fake "User bins" appears also in 
$(INSTALL) and in $(MKDIR_P) in the generated Makefile. Those cannot 
be quoted, because "/whatever/mkdir -p" is not a correct program name. 
It's "/whatever/mkdir" and "-p" is a parameter.

Sorry to say this, but until someone provides a better solution, I 
recommend installing Perl (and other GNU tools - MinGW, coreutils, 
etc.) in paths without spaces, like c:\perl or 
c:\users\your_username\perl (assuming "your_username" doesn't have 
spaces, of course). This may also save you headaches with all those 
scripts which have "#!/bin/bash" or just "bash".

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VER=1.16.4

Building "automake"

checking whether make supports nested variables... no
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-mingw64
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-mingw64
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./lib/install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /c/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -pR
checking for perl... /c/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/perl
./configure: line 3475: /c/Program: No such file or directory
configure: error: perl 5.6 or better is required; perl 5.8.2 or better
is recommended.  If you have several perl versions
installed, select the one Automake should use using
  ./configure PERL=/path/to/perl

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<div dir=3D"ltr">VER=3D1.16.4<br><br>Building &quot;automake&quot;<br><br>c=
hecking whether make supports nested variables... no<br>checking build syst=
em type... x86_64-pc-mingw64<br>checking host system type... x86_64-pc-ming=
w64<br>checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./lib/install-sh -c<br>chec=
king whether build environment is sane... yes<br>checking for a race-free m=
kdir -p... /c/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/mkdir -p<br>checking for gawk... ga=
wk<br>checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no<br>checking whether ln -s wo=
rks... no, using cp -pR<br>checking for perl... /c/Program Files/Git/usr/bi=
n/perl<br>./configure: line 3475: /c/Program: No such file or directory<br>=
configure: error: perl 5.6 or better is required; perl 5.8.2 or better<br>i=
s recommended.=C2=A0 If you have several perl versions<br>installed, select=
 the one Automake should use using<br>=C2=A0 ./configure PERL=3D/path/to/pe=
rl<br></div>

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