gauche-config --I and paths with whitespaces

[shirok]

gauche-config -I and gauche-config -L returns compiler options for include paths and library paths. The document says they don't work if Gauche installation path contains whitespaces, since if that's the case, the output becomes like this.

$ gauche-config -L
-L/some/path with spaces/lib -L/other/directory

However, why didn't we quote the paths with whitespaces? I think there are some obscure pitfalls (probably on Windows) but can't recall what it is. If we can quote them, we can remove this wart.

[lassik]

AFAICT the problem is also on the shell's end.

args="$(gauche-config -L)"
cc $args  # does not do what it should when the args contain spaces, even if you quote them

[lassik]

$ gauche-config -L
-L/some/path with spaces/lib
-L/other/directory

might work if you can get the shell to split on newlines.

[shirok]

Aargh, that may be it.