invalid number of parameters in install target on Windows

[zmyrgel]

I tried to install chicken on windows following the instructions from ​https://wiki.call-cc.org/compiling-chicken-on-windows-xp-with-mingw but the install part failed with following:

1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y .\feathers.1 "C:\chicken\share\man\man1"
.\feathers.1
1 File(s) copied
mkdir  "C:\chicken\share\chicken\doc\manual"
xcopy /Y .\manual-html\* "C:\chicken\share\chicken\doc\manual"
0 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y .\README "C:\chicken\share\chicken\doc"
.\README
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y .\LICENSE "C:\chicken\share\chicken\doc"
.\LICENSE
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y .\setup.defaults "C:\chicken\share\chicken"
.\setup.defaults
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y .\feathers.tcl "C:\chicken/share/chicken"
Invalid number of parameters
.\rules.make:415: recipe for target 'install-other-files' failed
mingw32-make: *** [install-other-files] Error 4

C:\Users\tmy\Downloads\chicken-4.11.0>

Seems DATADIR variable is using wrong separators so the xcopy mistakes path as command argument.
Replacing the path arguments separaters with backslashes made the install target complete succesfully.

[zmyrgel]

I tested the above with PREFIX using backslashes, heres the result with forward slashes:

C:chicken-profile.exe
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y csc.exe "c:\chicken\bin"
C:csc.exe
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y chicken-bug.exe "c:\chicken\bin"
C:chicken-bug.exe
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y chicken-status.exe "c:\chicken\bin"
C:chicken-status.exe
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y chicken-install.exe "c:\chicken\bin"
C:chicken-install.exe
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y chicken-uninstall.exe "c:\chicken\bin"
C:chicken-uninstall.exe
1 File(s) copied
xcopy /Y feathers.bat \
  "c:/chicken/bin"
Invalid number of parameters
.\rules.make:363: recipe for target 'install-bin' failed
mingw32-make: *** [install-bin] Error 4

C:\Users\tmy\Downloads\chicken-4.11.0>

[sjamaan]

We've also done a lot of work on improving shell quoting and done several tests with weird path names. And indeed, forward slashes are required. Many people have tested on Windows, so I think the bug probably is gone already. (note that this was filed against CHICKEN 4.11)

If it's still failing, please reopen.