Colon (:) is definitely a special character for Make. GCC seems not to be
willing to protect it though. Even if I use -MQ for the target name.
$ echo "int i; " > c:c.c
$ gcc -c -M c:c.c
c:c.o: c:c.c
$ gcc -c -M c:c.c -MQ :
:: c:c.c
(it does not seem to be working for '*' either, nor '%').
--
Summary: -M does not properly escape special characters.
Product: gcc
Version: 4.4.1
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: preprocessor
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: akim dot demaille at gmail dot com
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41329
