Re: comment after trailing backslash inconsistent warning

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Karl,

* Karl Berry wrote on Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 08:09:15PM CEST:
> automake 1.10.2 complains about "comment after trailing backslash"
> sometimes, but not every time.  In the appended Makefile.am, I get 
> Makefile.am:23: comment following trailing backslash
> which is true enough, but there are also comments after trailing
> backslashes at line 124 and line 108.  And if I delete the one at line
> 23, it still does not complain about the others.

There is no appendix to your message.

> Perhaps it's some subtle portability issue I do not know, but I thought
> I'd report it.

Thanks for the report.

> Also, I don't want that message at all.  Can/Should it be turned off?

It probably shouldn't.  IIRC there is some portability issue connected
with this, or at least some combinations of backslash followed with
stuff that shouldn't be there.  If you like, then I can go and check for
sure.

> It is useful to have lists with a trailing \ on each line for the usual
> separator vs. terminator reasons.  In my case, the whole tree requires a
> pretty new GNU make anyway, so I assume whatever portability issue is
> being warned about does not apply.  At least I've never seen any problem
> with the generated files.

Cheers,
Ralf