[Rd] src/scripts/Makefile bug (PR#6598)

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Atro Tossavainen writes:

> Kurt,
>> Which would then fail for people who for some reason have # in their
>> file path.  I am not sure there is an easy fix for the problem.  One
>> idea might be setting up a pipeline which tries different separators.
>> 
>> Any other ideas?

> Your point is of course valid, but I'm not aware of any systems that
> habitually use the number sign as a path component (which should not
> be taken as proof that such systems do not exist, of course), whereas
> in AFS, the @ sign appears everywhere because of the "magic" @sys
> component.

> I doubt it would be possible to use the null character as the
> separator in sed, but if so, I seem to recall that it cannot appear in
> file names...

I think I found something better (essentially, using slashes as usual,
but quoting them in the replacement string).  Can you pls try a current
version of r-devel?

Best
-k