From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 25025@debbugs.gnu.org, clement.pit@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 11:06:03 -0500
Why does it need to be split? A shell command can (even should) be
handed to the shell as a single string.
Currently it's not a shell command, because a shell isn't being used.
My other suggestion was to use a shell:
It might be more intuitive to actually use a shell and then the user
would enter a shell command (though inserting a shell into things
might bring more complications).
If it doesn't use a shell, then it has no business quoting commands or
their parts using shell-related APIs.
So yes, I think using a shell would be TRT here. Can someone please
work on a patch in that direction? This problem exists for a long
time, so I hope we could solve it soon.