make-1.79.1: $(shell) doesn't handle '#' correctly?

[Wolfgang Schludi]

here's my makefile:

######################################################################
X := $(shell echo $${PATH})
Y := $(shell echo $${PATH#*:})
all::
        @echo $X $Y
######################################################################

when I run "make", I get the following error:

makefile:2: *** unterminated call to function `shell': missing `)'.  Stop.

(note: the first line runs ok). the make-info says:

[...]
The `shell' function performs the same function that backquotes
(``') perform in most shells: it does "command expansion".  This means
that it takes an argument that is a shell command and returns the
output of the command.
[...]

but in e.g. bash-2.04.0(1) it is legal to say:

X=`echo ${PATH#*:}`

no error and the result in $X is what I expect.

So for me it looks like a make-bug or a documentation-bug.

did I miss something?

regards,
        Schludi

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