1$description = "The following test creates a makefile to test comments\n"
2              ."and comment continuation to the next line using a \n"
3              ."backslash within makefiles.";
4
5$details = "To test comments within a makefile, a semi-colon was placed \n"
6          ."after a comment was started.  This should not be reported as\n"
7          ."an error since it is within a comment.  We then continue the \n"
8          ."comment to the next line using a backslash.  To test whether\n"
9          ."the comment really continued, we place an echo command with some\n"
10          ."text on the line which should never execute since it should be \n"
11          ."within a comment\n";
12
13open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");
14
15# The Contents of the MAKEFILE ...
16
17print MAKEFILE <<\EOF;
18# Test comment vs semicolon parsing and line continuation
19target: # this ; is just a comment \
20	@echo This is within a comment.
21	@echo There should be no errors for this makefile.
22EOF
23
24# END of Contents of MAKEFILE
25
26close(MAKEFILE);
27
28&run_make_with_options($makefile,"",&get_logfile);
29
30# Create the answer to what should be produced by this Makefile
31$answer = "There should be no errors for this makefile.\n";
32
33# COMPARE RESULTS
34
35&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1))
36