Description Jon Rowlands 2011-01-21 17:57:49 EST

On Windows NTFS volumes it is possible for sysadmins to turn off generation of Windows 8.3 equivalent filenames, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/121007.

XDCtools relies on 8.3 equivalent filenames to work around problems caused by spaces in pathnames in generated makefiles. Increasing use of the NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation registry option in XP and Vista is causing more XDCtools failures at customer sites.

CCS update via Eclipse Update Manager appears to be using long names (with spaces) for the compiler root directories to allow parallel install of compiler versions, making the problem more common still.

See, for example:
http://e2e.ti.com/support/microcontrollers/msp43016-bit_ultra-low_power_mcus/f/166/t/89788.aspx
http://e2e.ti.com/support/dsp/davinci_digital_media_processors/f/99/p/32915/114785.aspx#114785

In the case of the target rootdir, at least, we could put quotes around any compiler options that contain spaces. This won't eliminate the problem but will reduce it.

Note that gmake on windows launches commands differently depending on whether the command contains quotes or not. So it would be better to add quotes only when really necessary.