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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:33:24 -0400
From: "Matt D." <matt AT codespunk DOT com>
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Subject: Makefile for emacs throws an error when username contains spaces
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I experienced the following error while running "make install" for 
cygwin emacs:

chown: invalid user: `Matthew'

I corrected the problem by encapsulating the following variables in 
quotes within Makefile and Makefile.in:

$${USERNAME}
$${USER}
$${installuser}


Matt D.

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