[jira] Issue Comment Edited: (MCOMPILER-30) Compiler fork executable fails when the path has spaces

["Jakob Magiera (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Jakob Magiera edited comment on MCOMPILER-30 at 2/5/10 7:38 AM:
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@Hilal Ram
This doesn't solve the issue, because maven is not actually executing the javac you specified but the internal compiler of the jdk that is set in your java_home. Think about it, it doesn't make sense to specify an executable if you are not going to fork a new process.

      was (Author: jmagiera):
    @Hilal Ram
This doesn't solve the issue, because maven is not actually executing the javac you specified but whatever is set in your java_home. Think about it, it doesn't make sense to specify an executable if you are not going to fork a new process.
  
> Compiler fork executable fails when the path has spaces
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MCOMPILER-30
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MCOMPILER-30
>             Project: Maven 2.x Compiler Plugin
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.1
>            Reporter: Carlos Sanchez
>
> JAVA_1_3_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.3.1_18
>         <plugin>
>           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
>           <configuration>
>             <fork>true</fork>
>             <compilerVersion>1.3</compilerVersion>
>             <executable>${JAVA_1_3_HOME}/bin/javac</executable>
>           </configuration>
>         </plugin>
> Fails with
> Failure executing javac,  but could not parse the error:
> 'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.

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