Why are spaces not permitted in paths to the installation directory?
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The source code (installer-framework/src/sdk/installerbasecommons.cpp) disallows spaces in pathnames to the installation target directory:
QString ambiguousChars = QLatin1String("[~<>|?*!@#$%^&:,; ]");Why is this so? On Windows installers this doesn't allow placing the installed code in the "ApplicationsDir" directory (e.g. "C:\Program Files" or "C:\Program Files (x86)".
Why is spaces in pathnames prohibited?
Is there a workaround to this limitation that allows getting past it?
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Hi, and welcome to the Qt Dev Net!
That sounds like a very strange limitation indeed. You can submit a request to change this behaviour at https://bugreports.qt-project.org/
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Most likely that is due to qmake acting up sometimes when Qt is in a path with spaces.
Please consider to push a fix into https://codereview.qt-project.org/ and I am sure that will either get accepted or you will get a reply saying why it can not be done.
