2001-05-21  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <address@hidden>

	* automake.in (read_am_file): Ignore trailing backslash on
	comment lines.

--- automake.in~	Sat May 19 23:40:55 2001
+++ automake.in	Mon May 21 20:10:24 2001
@@ -6380,7 +6380,7 @@
 	$_ =~ s/address@hidden@//g
 	    unless $seen_maint_mode;
 
-	my $new_saw_bk = /\\$/;
+	my $new_saw_bk = (/\\$/ && ! /$COMMENT_PATTERN/o);
 
 	if (/$IGNORE_PATTERN/o)
 	{