[Bug preprocessor/19361] New: -MT option does not escape funny characters

[abbott at dima dot unige dot it]

The -MT option really does use precisely the specified string as the target. 
It would be better if spaces (and other funny characters) were 
escaped (using backslash) in the output. 
 
Note: for my purposes it would be enough to follow the proposal in 
bug #15185 that there be an option to force the full path name in 
the target. 
 
EXAMPLE: compare the outputs of the following two calls to gcc 
$ touch my\ prog.c 
$ gcc -MM my\ prog.c 
my\ prog.o: my\ prog.c 
$ gcc -MM my\ prog.c -MT my\ prog.o 
my prog.o: my\ prog.c 
 
I am inclined to say that the second output is wrong.

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           Summary: -MT option does not escape funny characters
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.4.3
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: preprocessor
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: abbott at dima dot unige dot it
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
 GCC build triplet: i486-slackware-linux
  GCC host triplet: i486-slackware-linux
GCC target triplet: i486-slackware-linux


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19361