Description of problem: If man-pages contain whitespace (ASCII 32 in particular), brp-compress screws up due to shell-expansion. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.1 How reproducible: Install openssl (or any man-page containing whitespace) and run brp-compress over the installation directory. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install openssl using their standard Makefile 2. run brp-compress over the installation directory 3. Look at the funny links created. Actual results: Weird links resulting from shell's word splitting Expected results: Correct links Additional info:
Created attachment 95412 [details] Patch to brp-compress Consider rewriting brp-compress in Perl. RPM is using Perl in other places anyway.
The patch above doesn't fix all possible problems. It should just take care of space characters (ASCII 32) in filenames.
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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.