[m-rev.] diff: warn about build directories whose pathname contains spaces
Julien Fischer
jfischer at opturion.com
Thu Jun 20 17:33:47 AEST 2013
Add a warning about build directories that contain spaces.
.INSTALL.in:
Mention that trying to build Mercury from a source tree
in a directory whose absolute pathname contains spaces
will not work.
Julien.
diff --git a/.INSTALL.in b/.INSTALL.in
index fae6571..51aad36 100755
--- a/.INSTALL.in
+++ b/.INSTALL.in
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
#
# Step 0. Extract the files from the gzipped tar archive.
#
+# NOTE: do not extract the archive into a directory whose absolute
+# pathname contains spaces as this will cause the installation to
+# fail.
+#
# Step 1. Run `configure'. (Just type `sh configure'.)
#
# By default, the files will be installed in the directory
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