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Re: Build gotchas and my first fix (as an ex-employee)

From: Sean Comerford <sean_at_seanc.us>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:05:12 -0700 (PDT)

Yeah, thanks but ideally the build script should really account for Windows
paths that may contain spaces or you should at least be noted in the getting
started doc.

I shouldn't have to jump through hoops and/or install extra software just to
build on the most widely used OS out there (like it or not).

Respectfully, Sean "Windows Developers are People Too" Comerford :)

--- "Lilianne E. Blaze" <lilianne_blaze_at_tlen.pl> wrote:

> 2. The build scripts don't account for the fact that the various paths of
> evil
> Windoze developers like myself may contrain spaces. So if (like me) you
> initially checked out the code to the default WinCVS location (c:\program
> files\cvs\cvs_wd\..) you = screwed in terms of building the various projects.
>
> You can fix the build script but it's just easier to note that you should
> check woodstock out to a dir with no spaces in it.
>
> Either work outside "program files" and "documents and settings", or use
> http://www.nliteos.com/ to customize your Windows installation to change
> those to something like "Programs" and "Users". Especially the second
> solution, it makes most problems with paths in Java just go away painlessly.
>
> Greetings, Lilianne E. Blaze
>
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later,
Sean
http://seanc.us