[bug #40159] Premature exit with incorrect error message, or garbage output characters.

[padavo]

Follow-up Comment #10, bug #40159 (project make):

### Summary: 

** The procedure at comment #9 fixes the bug ! **

### Procedure #1: Without the patch, the bug occurs

apt-get build-dep make
apt-get source make
cd make-dfsg-3.81/
dpkg-buildpackage -nc -us -uc
./make -R -r -f /home/david/work/src/c/make/lab/80-bug/clean/Makefile
** /home/david/work/src/c/make/lab/80-bug/clean/Makefile:15: *** unterminated
variable reference.  Stop. **

### Procedure #2: After the patch is applied, the bug is gone

wget -O - https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/download.php?file_id=23309 | patch
-p1
make
./make -R -r -f /home/david/work/src/c/make/lab/80-bug/clean/Makefile
** bug/clean/Makefile:15:  i **
** (snip repeated lines) **
** make: Nothing to be done for `dummy'. **


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