[bug #16505] Line-continuation backslashes are not stripped

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                 Summary: Line-continuation backslashes are not stripped
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wednesday 05/03/06 at 06:45 UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
       Component Version: CVS
        Operating System: POSIX-Based
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

Scenario: A makefile command (i.e. a shell command executed for some target)
that makes use of a quoted string spanning multiple lines via continuation
backslashes. E.g. an in-place awk or perl program.

Problem: make 3.81 and CVS do not strip the backslashes before passing the
string to the shell. This is a regression from make 3.80.

The attached makefile clearly illustrates the bug, and the havoc that it can
play on a perl program.

(Reporter: Daniel Richard G. <address@hidden>)





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Date: Wednesday 05/03/06 at 06:45 UTC  Name: Makefile  Size: 109B   By: None
Bug test case
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=9881>

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