[bug #16670] Repeated backslash-escaped newlines not POSIXly replaced

[Ray Ingles]

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                 Summary: Repeated backslash-escaped newlines not POSIXly
replaced
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: sorceror
            Submitted on: Wednesday 05/24/2006 at 13:56
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
       Component Version: 3.81
        Operating System: POSIX-Based
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

According to POSIX, each escaped newline (newline preceeded by a backslash)
is supposed to be replaced with a single space when not in a command.
However, sequential escaped newlines are replaced by only a single space. The
attached makefile illustrates the problem.





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File Attachments:


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Date: Wednesday 05/24/2006 at 13:56  Name: makefile  Size: 38B   By: sorceror
Makefile illustrating repeated escaped newlines replaced with single space.
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=10043>

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