Re: Whitespace in `${srcdir}' during `configure'

[Paul Eggert]

Glenn Morris wrote:
> As you say, a srcdir with spaces is impossible, and given the way
> Makefiles work, it seems to me like it always will be.

As I understand it the next version of GNU Make will address this issue, which 
means that once that we can assume that version everywhere (a few years from 
now), we might be able to pull it off.  Admittedly this is not much comfort to a 
builder who wants spaces in directory names today....