#                                                                    -*-perl-*-

$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;
EOF

# END of Contents of MAKEFILE

close(MAKEFILE);

run_make_test(q!
# Test comment vs semicolon parsing and line continuation
target: # this ; is just a comment \
#TAB#@echo This is within a comment.#SPACE#
#TAB#@echo There should be no errors for this makefile.
!,
              '', "There should be no errors for this makefile.\n");

1;