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Subject: Re: Trouble packaging files containing space
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On 2013-10-28 00:26, Søren Holm wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a package containing files that includes spaces in their same.
>
> The files are located in the same directory without a space in their name is
> packages just find.
>
> I specify FILES_$[PN} like this
>
> FILES_${PN} = "${prefix}/local/Mikrofyn"
>
> What might be wrong?
>

It seems to be policy - from http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.5/mega-manual/mega-manual.html#source-directory
   The OpenEmbedded build system does not support file or directory names that contain spaces.

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