------- Comment #3 from markus dot milleder at generali dot at 2008-03-04 14:10 ------- (In reply to comment #2) > Please note that quoting # in makefiles is not portable, but only supported > by some make implementations. For example, with > foo: a\#b > bar: c#d > > AIX make will assume 'foo' depends on 'a\', and 'bar' on 'c'. > Likewise HP-UX make. Consequently, both of these make's will error out on > either line of: > a#b: > a\#b: > So it seems to me the patch is an improvement for make versions that understand quoting and does not worsen the situation for those that do not, i.e. files containing # are broken on e.g. AIX without the patch and with it.
-- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35458
