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Subject: Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux
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On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 23:15:46 -0000 (UTC)
Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote:

> The make utility has no support for paths with spaces.
> 
> Use of make is a great repellant against spaces in names.
> 
> If a make variable contains spaces, there is no way to quote it within
> make.  There is no way to express a prerequisite or target name with
> spaces. GNU Make text processing constructs like $(foreach ...)
> don't deal with spaces; there is no way for them to identify items
> that contain spaces.

If the make utility has no provisions for coping with a subset of legal
filenames, that would seem to be a deficiency in make.