Bug #15411 for ExtUtils-MakeMaker: MakeMaker cannot handle spaces in perl path

Mon Oct 31 00:57:07 2005 Guest - Ticket created

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MakeMaker cannot handle spaces in perl path

The following is the Makefile.PL from Parse::RecDescent 1.94: ============================================= use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; WriteMakefile( NAME => q[Parse::RecDescent], VERSION => q[1.94], PREREQ_PM => { 'Text::Balanced'=> 0 }, ); ============================================= The following error is being output ===================================================================== C:\Install\programming\Inline\dependencies\Parse-RecDescent-1.94>perl Makefile.PL Unable to find a perl 5 (by these names: C:\Program Files\Perl\bin\perl.exe perl.exe perl5.exe perl5.8.6.exe miniperl.exe, in these dirs: c:\Program Files\j2sdk1.4.2_05\bin c:\program files\mpich\mpd\bin c:\program files\imagemagick-6.2.3-q8 C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\ C:\Program Files\bin C:\Docs\perl C:\Program Files\Perl\bin\ C:\WINDOWS\system32 C:\WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM C:\Program Files\eps2pdf C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\bin C:\Program Files\texmf\miktex\bin C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\bin c:\matlab\bin\win32 C:\Program Files\gnuplot\bin C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.14\bin C:\PROGRA~2\ATT\Graphviz\bin C:\PROGRA~2\ATT\Graphviz\bin\tools X:\home\avatar\Docs\perl C:\Program Files\NcFTP C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin C:\Program Files\Perl\bin) Writing Makefile for Parse::RecDescent ===================================================================== the attached produced makefile is unusable - note for instance ===================================================================== PERL = 0 FULLPERL = 0 =====================================================================

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Mon Oct 31 12:09:05 2005 schwern [...] pobox.com - Correspondence added

Date:	Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:08:35 -0500
From:	Michael G Schwern <schwern [...] pobox.com>
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Subject:	Re: [cpan #15411] MakeMaker cannot handle spaces in perl path
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 12:57:08AM -0500, Guest via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> The following is the Makefile.PL from Parse::RecDescent 1.94:

What version of MakeMaker? If its not the latest, try the latest. -- Michael G Schwern schwern@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~schwern 'All anyone gets in a mirror is themselves,' she said. 'But what you gets in a good gumbo is everything.' -- "Witches Abroad" by Terry Prachett

Sat Sep 02 03:41:33 2006 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'stalled'

Mon Sep 11 17:11:30 2006 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Mon Oct 31 12:09:05 2005, schwern@pobox.com wrote: Show quoted text

> On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 12:57:08AM -0500, Guest via RT wrote:

> > The following is the Makefile.PL from Parse::RecDescent 1.94:

> > What version of MakeMaker? If its not the latest, try the latest.

Should have looked in your Makefile. 6.17. Hmm, that should work with spaces. Still, try the latest MakeMaker from CPAN please.

Mon Sep 11 17:11:31 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'open'

Mon Sep 11 17:18:18 2006 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'

Mon Sep 11 18:35:55 2006 avatar [...] hot.ee - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #15411] MakeMaker cannot handle spaces in perl path
Date:	Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:35:36 +0300
To:	bug-ExtUtils-MakeMaker [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Misha Aizatulin <avatar [...] hot.ee>

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> Still, try the latest MakeMaker from CPAN please.

I would like to, but I can't any more - I switched to linux soon after I filed the bug :) If I get to doing some perl on windows, I'll test it again. Cheers, Misha

Mon Sep 11 18:35:56 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'open'

Thu Apr 09 14:02:35 2009 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'

Mon Jul 28 12:52:48 2014 ETJ [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I claim this is now obsolete since a) duplicate of RT-448; b) hopefully fixed in https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/pull/105

Mon Jul 28 12:52:48 2014 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'open'

Mon Jul 28 18:54:46 2014 rt-cpan [...] trout.me.uk - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'