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		jcelerier on March 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Single binary executable packages > It's true, though. Proof of that is how many tools are made basically because no one wants to deal with Makefiles and autotools. no one wants to deal with Makefiles and autotools because as of 2022 they don't support spaces in paths and the most used desktop OS on the planet happens to have spaces in the default path for installing software

trinovantes on March 2, 2022 [–]

IIRC Microsoft specifically added the space in the default path so that developers know they need to handle file paths with spaces

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