Apache::TestMM::generate_script vs. Win32 Paths

[Christopher H. Laco]

I've installed Apache::Test 1.07 on ActiveState perl 5.6.1 build 630 and am 
trying to make test scripts for a pile of pages in a package I'm workin on.

If I pass in an -httpd path that has spaces in the path, it fails.
   use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
   use Apache::TestMM qw(test clean);
   push @ARGV, '-httpd', 'C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\Apache.exe';
   Apache::TestMM::filter_args();
   Apache::TestMM::generate_script();
   WriteMakefile(
       NAME         => 'SRE::Apache',
       VERSION_FROM => 'lib/SRE/Apache.pm', # finds $VERSION
       AUTHOR       => 'A. U. Thor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])'
   );
yields:
   C:\SRE\Apache>perl Makefile.PL
       generating script t/TEST
   Checking if your kit is complete...
   Looks good
   Writing Makefile for SRE::Apache
   C:\SRE\Apache>nmake test
   cp lib/SRE/Apache.pm blib\lib\SRE\Apache.pm
           C:\devkit\perl\bin\perl.exe -Iblib\arch -Iblib\lib  t/TEST 
-clean
   C:/Program -l failed: Bad file descriptor at 
C:/devkit/perl/site/lib/Apache/TestConfig.pm line 878.
   NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\devkit\perl\bin\perl.exe' : return code 
'0x9'
   Stop.

Now, normally I would argue that spaces in paths are just plain old 
dangerious, especially on Win32.
However, C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\ is the default install path 
for the Apache Win32 binary packages.

Of course, changing the location of the Apache install to:
   push @ARGV, '-httpd', 'C:\devkit\Apache\Apache.exe';
works just dandy. :-) In one instance, althout I can't reproduce it, I got 
past the first error only to be caught up but this output:

   C:\Program -d C:\Program -f C:\Program -DAPACHE1 -DPERL_USEITHREADS
Is this an Apache::Test problem, or possible an nmake issue?
Thanks,
-=Chris
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