--- a/hotspot/make/windows/makefiles/rules.make	Thu Aug 02 14:54:14 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/make/windows/makefiles/rules.make	Fri Aug 03 18:34:28 2012 -0700
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
 #
 
 # These are the commands used externally to compile and run.
-
+# The \ are used here for traditional Windows apps and " quoted to get
+# past the Unix-like shell:
 !ifdef BootStrapDir
-RUN_JAVA=$(BootStrapDir)\bin\java
-RUN_JAVAP=$(BootStrapDir)\bin\javap
-RUN_JAVAH=$(BootStrapDir)\bin\javah
-RUN_JAR=$(BootStrapDir)\bin\jar
-COMPILE_JAVAC=$(BootStrapDir)\bin\javac $(BOOTSTRAP_JAVAC_FLAGS)
-COMPILE_RMIC=$(BootStrapDir)\bin\rmic
+RUN_JAVA="$(BootStrapDir)\bin\java"
+RUN_JAVAP="$(BootStrapDir)\bin\javap"
+RUN_JAVAH="$(BootStrapDir)\bin\javah"
+RUN_JAR="$(BootStrapDir)\bin\jar"
+COMPILE_JAVAC="$(BootStrapDir)\bin\javac" $(BOOTSTRAP_JAVAC_FLAGS)
+COMPILE_RMIC="$(BootStrapDir)\bin\rmic"
 BOOT_JAVA_HOME=$(BootStrapDir)
 !else
 RUN_JAVA=java