Re: 8.1 'make check' fails

Yes, the Makefiles cannot deal with spaces correctly.
Seems we should avoid use the `complicated' path.

"Wes" <wespvp@syntegra.com> wrote
> System: Mac OS X 10.4.2
> PostgreSQL: 8.1 b2
>
> Running 'make check', I get the following failure:
>
> rm -rf ./testtablespace
> mkdir ./testtablespace
> /bin/sh ./pg_regress --temp-install --top-builddir=../../..
> --temp-port=55432 --schedule=./parallel_schedule --multibyte=SQL_ASCII
> --load-language=plpgsql
> ============== creating temporary installation        ==============
>
> pg_regress: installation failed
> Examine ./log/install.log for the reason.
>
> make[2]: *** [check] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [check] Error 2
> make: *** [check] Error 2
>
>
> Looking at the install log, I see it apparently does not handle
directories
> that contain blanks - the paths are not being quoted:
>
> gzip -d -c ./postgres.tar.gz | ( cd /Volumes/G4
>
Boot/Users/pgsql/src/postgres/postgresql-8.1beta2/src/test/regress/./tmp_che
> ck/install/usr/local/pgsql8.1b2/doc/html && /usr/bin/tar xf - )
> for file in man1/*.1 man7/*.7 ; do \
>   /bin/sh ../config/install-sh -c -m 644 $file /Volumes/G4
>
Boot/Users/pgsql/src/postgres/postgresql-8.1beta2/src/test/regress/./tmp_che
> ck/install/usr/local/pgsql8.1b2/man/$file || exit; \
> done
> cp: /Volumes/G4 is a directory (not copied).
> make[4]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [install] Error 2
>
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