Please describe the problem.
git-annex build on Windows does not complete when user name has a space in it
What steps will reproduce the problem?
Build git-annex from scratch as described on the Windows page of the guide when running as user Joe Blogs
What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
Windows 7 Prof, Cygwin install on 28/5/2014
Please provide any additional information below.
The problem arises in escapeDosPaths of EvilLinker: windows usernames can have spaces in them which also need escaping
Unfortunately, this is fairly intractable. It would be more productive to fix the ghc bug that the EvilLinker works around.
Recommend building in a different directory in the meantime.