source: kBuild/vendor/gnumake/3.82-cvs/tests/scripts/features/comments@ 2580

$description = "The following test creates a makefile to test comments\n"
              ."and comment continuation to the next line using a \n"
              ."backslash within makefiles.";

$details = "To test comments within a makefile, a semi-colon was placed \n"
          ."after a comment was started.  This should not be reported as\n"
          ."an error since it is within a comment.  We then continue the \n"
          ."comment to the next line using a backslash.  To test whether\n"
          ."the comment really continued, we place an echo command with some\n"
          ."text on the line which should never execute since it should be \n"
          ."within a comment\n";

open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");

# The Contents of the MAKEFILE ...

print MAKEFILE <<\EOF;
# Test comment vs semicolon parsing and line continuation
target: # this ; is just a comment \
        @echo This is within a comment. 
        @echo There should be no errors for this makefile.
EOF

# END of Contents of MAKEFILE

close(MAKEFILE);

&run_make_with_options($makefile,"",&get_logfile);

# Create the answer to what should be produced by this Makefile
$answer = "There should be no errors for this makefile.\n";

# COMPARE RESULTS

&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1))