From aa82533119498d2012ec6f0fc8d38eab32a34ee6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:59:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Advise not to build in a directory whose name contains a space or apostrophe. Thanks to Richard Brittain for pointing out the problem. --- INSTALL | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index ea43342e..e687c551 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ release. available. The most common of these are listed under "Optional Features", below. + It is best to build and install PSPP in directories whose names do + not contain unusual characters such as spaces or single-quotes, due + to limitations of the tools involved in the build process. + If you installed some of the libraries that PSPP uses in a non-standard location (on many systems, anywhere other than /usr), you may need to provide some special flags to `configure' -- 2.30.2