1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libpkgconf/argvsplit.c b/libpkgconf/argvsplit.c
index 85f7f57..cb5844a 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/argvsplit.c
+++ b/libpkgconf/argvsplit.c
@@ -88,8 +88,15 @@ pkgconf_argv_split(const char *src, int *argc, char ***argv)
 			}
 			else
 			{
+        /*
+         * There is no reason to keep space character escaped in fragment
+         * objects, especially given that other characters are unescaped (issue
+         * #139 is reported).
+         */
+        /*
 				if (isspace((unsigned int) *src_iter))
 					*dst_iter++ = '\\';
+          */
 
 				*dst_iter++ = *src_iter;
 			}