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Makefile for emacs throws an error when username contains spaces
- From: "Matt D." <matt at codespunk dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Cc: kbrown at cornell dot edu
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:33:24 -0400
- Subject: Makefile for emacs throws an error when username contains spaces
- References: <announce dot 520D42A3 dot 4010401 at cornell dot edu>
I experienced the following error while running "make install" for
cygwin emacs:
chown: invalid user: `Matthew'
I corrected the problem by encapsulating the following variables in
quotes within Makefile and Makefile.in:
$${USERNAME}
$${USER}
$${installuser}
Matt D.
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