[bug #29403] Make does not resolve backslashes

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: Make does not resolve backslashes
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 01 Apr 2010 04:54:06 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: 3.81
        Operating System: Any
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

Hello Gnu Make Developers,

Here is my issue:

Makefile:

aaa:
        @echo '\
system("echo HALLO"); \
'

# prints
% gmake aaa

\
system("echo HALLO"); \

This is wrong, the backslash-return (\\n) should have been
evaluated to a  newline (\n)
Now gmake does not resolve the backslash and passes it to 
calling program, which might not know what to do with it.
This works fine in make 3.80 and fails in make 3.81


% uname -a
Linux lna0918363.tif.ti.com 2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Oct 27 03:51:52
EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


regards,
 Walter Lavinop



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