[bug #59395] gmake space handling is not compatible to POSIX

[Paul D. Smith]

Update of bug #59395 (project make):

                  Status:                    None => Not A Bug              
             Assigned to:                    None => psmith                 
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 

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Follow-up Comment #1:

If you want POSIX behavior you have to define the .POSIX: special target; this
makefile works as you expect with GNU make:


.POSIX:
all: ; echo "$X"
X=hallo\
\
\
end


Prints:

hallo   end


Note there's a bug #35711 which will bite you if you try to put the variable
assignment directly after .POSIX:.  I have a fix for that which will be in the
next release of GNU make.

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