From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Apr 25 20:01:30 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABAB11065691
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:01:30 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from a_best01@uni-muenster.de)
Received: from zivm-relay3.uni-muenster.de (ZIVM-RELAY3.UNI-MUENSTER.DE
	[128.176.192.19])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 364C38FC17
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:01:29 +0000 (UTC)
X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.52,270,1270418400"; d="scan'208";a="32238227"
Received: from zivmaildisp1.uni-muenster.de (HELO
	ZIVMAILUSER05.UNI-MUENSTER.DE) ([128.176.188.85])
	by zivm-relay3.uni-muenster.de with ESMTP; 25 Apr 2010 22:01:28 +0200
Received: by ZIVMAILUSER05.UNI-MUENSTER.DE (Postfix, from userid 149459)
	id C70A21B07E7; Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:01:28 +0200 (CEST)
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:01:28 +0200 (CEST)
From: Alexander Best <alexbestms@wwu.de>
Sender: <a_best01@uni-muenster.de>
Organization: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster
To: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>
Message-ID: <permail-20100425200128f7e55a9d00002693-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: 
Subject: unquoted variables in /usr/share/mk/*.mk
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:01:30 -0000

hi there,

i was wondering why almost all variables in /usr/share/mk/*.mk are unquoted?
it's pretty obvious that something like

mkdir "(test)" ; echo ".include <bsd.prog.mk>" > "(test)"/Makefile ; make -C
"(test)" cleandir

will fail.

-- 
Alexander Best