PM78307: Clearmake, doing GNU make emulation, interprets # in quoted strings in define/endef macros as the beginning of a comment.

APAR status

• Closed as user error.

Error description

• When migrating a makefile from the Free Software Foundation GNU
  make tool to IBM Rational ClearCase clearmake, macro definitions
  containing '#' characters are interpreted incorrectly.
  
  clearmake interprets the # characters as the beginning of a
  makefile comment, thus potentially causing make errors, or other
  incorrect output.
  
  For example, using this makefile:
  define msg
  'Test #string'
  endef
  
  
  .PHONY: foo
  
  foo:
   echo '$(msg)'
  
  will cause the following incorrect output:
  clearmake -C gnu -f sample1.mk
          echo ''Test '
  ''Test '
  
  With gnu make, the output will be:
  make -f Sample1.mk
  echo ''Test #string''
  'Test #string'
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• CCASE_IGNORE_ESCAPED_HASH_IN_MULTILINE_MACRO needs to be set
  for the desired behaviour.
  

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