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  • Hash : 8abf0894
    Author : Mike Frysinger
    Date : 2022-02-20T13:28:48 

    automake: support embedded \# in variable appends

Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/7610.

Use of \# is not portable.  POSIX does not provide any way of retaining
the # marker in variables.  There is wide spread support for \# though
in GNU & BSD Make implementations.

Today, with plain variable assignments, Automake leaves the line alone:
  foo = blah\#blah
This will leave it to the implementation to decide what to do.  But if
you try to append to it, Automake follows POSIX and strips it:
  foo = blah\#blah
  foo += what
  -> foo = blah\ what

Instead, let's issue a portability warning whenever \# is used, even if
it isn't being appended, and do not strip the \# when appending.  Now:
  foo = blah\#blah
  foo += what
  -> warning: escaping \# comment markers is not portable
  -> foo = blah\#blah what

* NEWS: Mention change in \# handling.
* lib/Automake/VarDef.pm: Do not strip # if escaped.
* lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Warn if \# is used.
* t/comment12.sh: New test.
* t/comments-escaped-in-var.sh: New test.
* t/list-of-tests.mk: Add comment12.sh & comments-escaped-in-var.sh.

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