[MinGW-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-1840961 ] error if msys is installed in directory with spaces

Bugs item #1840961, was opened at 2007-11-29 04:43
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Category: MSYS
>Group: Aged issue
>Status: Pending
>Resolution: Out of Date
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Andreas Deininger (deining)
Assigned to: Cesar Strauss (cstrauss)
Summary: error if msys is installed in directory with spaces 

Initial Comment:
I just installed latest MSYS version (1.0.11) on a Windows XP box in a directory with spaces in it (e.g. C:\Program Files\MSYS). 

Invoking msys.bat, I got the error:

Windows cannot find 'C :\Program' . Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.

The attached patch solves that problem.


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>Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2013-01-11 10:42

Message:
Cesar what is the status with this and with patch 2808978?

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2808978&group_id=2435&atid=302435

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Comment By: Hamish B (hbowman)
Date: 2010-01-30 16:13

Message:
see "patch: fix quoting and handle spaces in path gracefully"
SorceForge bug ID: 2808978
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2808978&group_id=2435&atid=102435


Hamish


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Comment By: Hamish B (hbowman)
Date: 2009-06-11 23:29

Message:
patch updated at URL; contained a typo ("%WD%" was "%WD").

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Comment By: Hamish B (hbowman)
Date: 2009-06-11 07:48

Message:
see updated patch in #1511614
http://bambi.otago.ac.nz/hamish/dev/msys/abort_on_spaces.diff

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Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2009-06-11 05:40

Message:
Sorry, I just read Cesar's post in the duplicate.

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Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2009-06-11 05:37

Message:
You are advised in the documentation to not install into a directory with
spaces.

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