[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] configure: quote compiler paths

[Jacob Trimble]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Michael Niedermayer
<michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 04:54:16PM -0700, Jacob Trimble wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Jacob Trimble <modmaker at google.com>
> > ---
> >  configure | 16 ++++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> breaks build with ccache
>
> ./configure --cc='ccache gcc'
> ccache gcc is unable to create an executable file.
> If ccache gcc is a cross-compiler, use the --enable-cross-compile option.
> Only do this if you know what cross compiling means.
> C compiler test failed.
>
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But without this, you can't have a compiler path that has a space in
it.  Plus, AFAIK, there is no way to escape the space through a bash
variable.  Meaning there is no way for $cc to have an escaped space in
it.  Is this just something that won't be supported?