C++ Make compile errors with Poco Library - Path Name containing spaces

For anyone else getting the: "* Current working directory not under $PROJECT_BASE. Stop." error, I found a solution that maybe sounds obscure.

Basically, if any of the parent directories are symlinks, it will generate this error.

IMPORTANT: Make sure that the path to the build directory does not contain symbolic links. Furthermore, on Mac OS X (or other systems with case insensitive filesystems), make sure that the characters in the path have the correct case. Otherwise you'll get an error saying "Current working directory not under $PROJECT_BASE.".

http://pocoproject.org/docs/00200-GettingStarted.html

In my case, I was compiling the library 5 levels deep and the second directory was a symlink. Changing it to a directory resolved the issue.

HTH

It requires great care and deliberate effort to make systems such as makefiles handle pathnames with spaces accurately. It can be done; it is not trivial. It is fairly clear that this package has not been so modified; it is like the majority of such packages.

If you really want to make life hell for yourself, use a pathname such as:

/home/mine/He said, "Don't do it!"/poco-1.4.1

Spaces, single and double quotes -- at least it doesn't include backquotes, dollars, parentheses, newlines, etc.

In the meantime, bow to the inevitable - use a pathname without spaces etc in it.

If your problem is not with symlinks, as in my case, you probably are not specifying a full path, but instead a relative one, as indicated in the following blog post.

http://fatalfeel.blogspot.com/2013/09/poco-with-cocos2d-in-android-and-ios.html