Treat MYPAINT_BRUSHES_DIR as a value that has not already been quoted. See: https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint-brushes/issues/5 --- app/config/gimpcoreconfig.c.orig 2020-02-23 12:21:08.000000000 -0600 +++ app/config/gimpcoreconfig.c 2020-06-02 21:37:55.000000000 -0500 @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ #include "gimp-intl.h" +#define _QUOTE(x) #x +#define QUOTE(x) _QUOTE(x) + #define GIMP_DEFAULT_BRUSH "2. Hardness 050" #define GIMP_DEFAULT_DYNAMICS "Dynamics Off" #define GIMP_DEFAULT_PATTERN "Pine" @@ -314,7 +317,7 @@ "share", "mypaint-data", "1.0", "brushes", NULL); #else - mypaint_brushes = g_strdup (MYPAINT_BRUSHES_DIR); + mypaint_brushes = g_strdup (QUOTE(MYPAINT_BRUSHES_DIR)); #endif path = g_build_path (G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, --- app/core/gimpdata.c.orig 2020-02-23 12:21:08.000000000 -0600 +++ app/core/gimpdata.c 2020-06-02 21:38:28.000000000 -0500 @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ #include "gimp-intl.h" +#define _QUOTE(x) #x +#define QUOTE(x) _QUOTE(x) + enum { DIRTY, @@ -457,10 +460,10 @@ identifier = g_filename_to_utf8 (tmp, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL); g_free (tmp); } - else if (g_str_has_prefix (path, MYPAINT_BRUSHES_DIR)) + else if (g_str_has_prefix (path, QUOTE(MYPAINT_BRUSHES_DIR))) { tmp = g_strconcat ("${mypaint_brushes_dir}", - path + strlen (MYPAINT_BRUSHES_DIR), + path + strlen (QUOTE(MYPAINT_BRUSHES_DIR)), NULL); identifier = g_filename_to_utf8 (tmp, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL); g_free (tmp);