Makefile for emacs throws an error when username contains spaces
Matt D.
matt@codespunk.com
Mon Aug 19 19:33:00 GMT 2013
I experienced the following error while running "make install" for
cygwin emacs:
chown: invalid user: `Matthew'
I corrected the problem by encapsulating the following variables in
quotes within Makefile and Makefile.in:
$${USERNAME}
$${USER}
$${installuser}
Matt D.
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