I don&#39;t think white spaces should be a concern. The  main  idea would be to have a _consistent_ style. Once, I used to do exactly this:<br><br>$startdir/src/${pkgname}_$pkgname<br><br>But it could look better. So even if I&#39;m a quarter second slower, I now brace them entirely - consistency (look&nbsp;at kernel26). I  don&#39;t think about white spaces&nbsp;in paths because that&#39;s unlikely;&nbsp;unethical;&nbsp;uncool;  a faux pas and the build will fail anyway if there were any (tell me how many of them don&#39;t act on a file after navigating into $somedir).<br>
<br>${pkgdir}/foo/bar definitely appeals more than ${startdir}/pkgdir/foo/bar (: I&#39;ve stuck to that since the first time I noticed it in the proto. However, there are packages like devel ones that need to edit $pkgver so $startdir will still be of use.<br>