[bug #20067] Unescaped meta characters in makefile database outputs

[Agent Zhang]

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 Summary: Unescaped meta characters in makefile database
outputs
 Project: make
Submitted by: agent
Submitted on: Monday 06/04/2007 at 13:01
Severity: 3 - Normal
  Item Group: Bug
  Status: None
 Privacy: Public
 Assigned to: None
 Open/Closed: Open
 Discussion Lock: Any
   Component Version: 3.81
Operating System: Any
   Fixed Release: None

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Details:


The bug is that 'make -pg' generates the following stuff for the
rule  foo\#bar.ext: ; @echo foo\#bar.ext = '$@' :



 foo#bar.ext:
 #  Implicit rule search has not been done.
 #  Modification time never checked.
 #  File has not been updated.
 #  commands to execute (from `./Makefile_qCzal', line 6):
   @echo foo\#bar.ext = '$@'



where the first "#" character should have been escaped by "\" but doesn't.
:(



In fact, meta characters like ':', '#', and '\' are all left unescaped in the
makefile database output, which could result in ambiguous results and invalid
makefile syntax.






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[bug #20067] Unescaped meta characters in makefile database outputs

[Paul D. Smith]

Update of bug #20067 (project make):

  Item Group: Bug => Enhancement


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[bug #20067] Unescaped meta characters in makefile database outputs

[Paul D. Smith]

Update of bug #20067 (project make):

   Triage Status:None => Medium Effort  

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Follow-up Comment #1:

It's never been a goal that the output of "make -p" should be a valid
makefile that can be reused directly.  I'm leaving this as an enhancement
request.

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