Installation fails at calling libtool when install dir contains space

[m5n]

Building this on Cygwin using ruby 2.2.3p173 (2015-08-18 revision 51636) [x86_64-cygwin].
Note the user directory contains a space: "Space Space"

Below is the full output, but the issue is that quotes are no longer around the path when libtool is called:

 /bin/sh ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libxml2.la '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ports/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/libxml2/2.9.2/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libxml2.lai /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ports/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/libxml2/2.9.2/lib/libxml2.la

Full output:

Installing nokogiri 1.6.7 with native extensions

Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /usr/bin/ruby.exe -r ./siteconf20160108-3592-twtqs6.rb extconf.rb
checking if the C compiler accepts ... yes
Building nokogiri using packaged libraries.
Using mini_portile version 2.0.0
checking for gzdopen() in -lz... yes
checking for iconv... yes
************************************************************************
IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Building Nokogiri with a packaged version of libxml2-2.9.2
with the following patches applied:
        - 0001-Revert-Missing-initialization-for-the-catalog-module.patch
        - 0002-Fix-missing-entities-after-CVE-2014-3660-fix.patch
        - 0003-Stop-parsing-on-entities-boundaries-errors.patch
        - 0004-Cleanup-conditional-section-error-handling.patch
        - 0005-CVE-2015-1819-Enforce-the-reader-to-run-in-constant-.patch
        - 0006-Another-variation-of-overflow-in-Conditional-section.patch
        - 0007-Fix-an-error-in-previous-Conditional-section-patch.patch
        - 0008-CVE-2015-8035-Fix-XZ-compression-support-loop.patch
        - 0009-Updated-config.guess.patch
        - 0010-Fix-parsering-short-unclosed-comment-uninitialized-access.patch

Team Nokogiri will keep on doing their best to provide security
updates in a timely manner, but if this is a concern for you and want
to use the system library instead; abort this installation process and
reinstall nokogiri as follows:

    gem install nokogiri -- --use-system-libraries
        [--with-xml2-config=/path/to/xml2-config]
        [--with-xslt-config=/path/to/xslt-config]

If you are using Bundler, tell it to use the option:

    bundle config build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries
    bundle install

Note, however, that nokogiri is not fully compatible with arbitrary
versions of libxml2 provided by OS/package vendors.
************************************************************************
Extracting libxml2-2.9.2.tar.gz into tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0001-Revert-Missing-initialization-for-the-catalog-module.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0002-Fix-missing-entities-after-CVE-2014-3660-fix.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0003-Stop-parsing-on-entities-boundaries-errors.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0004-Cleanup-conditional-section-error-handling.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0005-CVE-2015-1819-Enforce-the-reader-to-run-in-constant-.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0006-Another-variation-of-overflow-in-Conditional-section.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0007-Fix-an-error-in-previous-Conditional-section-patch.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0008-CVE-2015-8035-Fix-XZ-compression-support-loop.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0009-Updated-config.guess.patch... OK
Running git apply with /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/patches/libxml2/0010-Fix-parsering-short-unclosed-comment-uninitialized-access.patch... OK
Running 'configure' for libxml2 2.9.2... OK
Running 'compile' for libxml2 2.9.2... OK
Running 'install' for libxml2 2.9.2... ERROR, review '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ext/nokogiri/tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2/install.log' to see what happened. Last lines are:
========================================================================
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ext/nokogiri/tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2/libxml2-2.9.2/include'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ext/nokogiri/tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2/libxml2-2.9.2/include'
Making install in .
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ext/nokogiri/tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2/libxml2-2.9.2'
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ext/nokogiri/tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2/libxml2-2.9.2'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ports/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/libxml2/2.9.2/lib'
 /bin/sh ./libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libxml2.la '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ports/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/libxml2/2.9.2/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libxml2.lai /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ports/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/libxml2/2.9.2/lib/libxml2.la
/usr/bin/install: target 'Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ports/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/libxml2/2.9.2/lib/libxml2.la' is not a directory
Makefile:912: recipe for target 'install-libLTLIBRARIES' failed
make[3]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ext/nokogiri/tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2/libxml2-2.9.2'
Makefile:1731: recipe for target 'install-am' failed
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ext/nokogiri/tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2/libxml2-2.9.2'
Makefile:1429: recipe for target 'install-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7/ext/nokogiri/tmp/x86_64-unknown-cygwin/ports/libxml2/2.9.2/libxml2-2.9.2'
Makefile:1725: recipe for target 'install' failed
make: *** [install] Error 2
========================================================================
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may
need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
        --with-opt-dir
        --without-opt-dir
        --with-opt-include
        --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
        --with-opt-lib
        --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
        --with-make-prog
        --without-make-prog
        --srcdir=.
        --curdir
        --ruby=/usr/bin/$(RUBY_BASE_NAME)
        --help
        --clean
        --use-system-libraries
        --enable-static
        --disable-static
        --with-zlib-dir
        --without-zlib-dir
        --with-zlib-include
        --without-zlib-include=${zlib-dir}/include
        --with-zlib-lib
        --without-zlib-lib=${zlib-dir}/lib
        --enable-cross-build
        --disable-cross-build
/home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/mini_portile2-2.0.0/lib/mini_portile2/mini_portile.rb:366:in `block in execute': Failed to complete install task (RuntimeError)
        from /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/mini_portile2-2.0.0/lib/mini_portile2/mini_portile.rb:337:in `chdir'
        from /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/mini_portile2-2.0.0/lib/mini_portile2/mini_portile.rb:337:in `execute'
        from /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/mini_portile2-2.0.0/lib/mini_portile2/mini_portile.rb:116:in `install'
        from /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/mini_portile2-2.0.0/lib/mini_portile2/mini_portile.rb:151:in `cook'
        from extconf.rb:289:in `block (2 levels) in process_recipe'
        from extconf.rb:182:in `block in chdir_for_build'
        from extconf.rb:181:in `chdir'
        from extconf.rb:181:in `chdir_for_build'
        from extconf.rb:288:in `block in process_recipe'
        from extconf.rb:187:in `tap'
        from extconf.rb:187:in `process_recipe'
        from extconf.rb:478:in `<main>'

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/gems/nokogiri-1.6.7 for inspection.
Results logged to /home/Space Space/.gem/ruby/extensions/x86_64-cygwin/nokogiri-1.6.7/gem_make.out

[m5n]

Worked around it by temporarily renaming the directory with spaces and overriding some environment variables to point to the new location instead.

[flavorjones]

Hi!

I believe that the Makefile that libxml2 generates does contain a properly-quoted directory in the command. Can you double-check what it looks like on your system?

I imagine that this might be an issue with the version of libtool you have on your machine? It doesn't look like an issue that Nokogiri or even mini_portile can address.

[m5n]

Sorry, I don't have the project anymore, so I cannot test this without recreating everything. Since I posted the workaround and you rightly so indicated this is not a Nokogiri issue, I am closing this issue.