$description = "The following test creates a makefile to test comments\n"              ."and comment continuation to the next line using a \n"              ."backslash within makefiles."; $details = "To test comments within a makefile, a semi-colon was placed \n"          ."after a comment was started.  This should not be reported as\n"          ."an error since it is within a comment.  We then continue the \n"          ."comment to the next line using a backslash.  To test whether\n"          ."the comment really continued, we place an echo command with some\n"          ."text on the line which should never execute since it should be \n"          ."within a comment\n"; open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile"); # The Contents of the MAKEFILE ... print MAKEFILE <<\EOF;# Test comment vs semicolon parsing and line continuationtarget: # this ; is just a comment \	@echo This is within a comment. 	@echo There should be no errors for this makefile.EOF # END of Contents of MAKEFILE close(MAKEFILE); &run_make_with_options($makefile,"",&get_logfile); # Create the answer to what should be produced by this Makefile$answer = "There should be no errors for this makefile.\n"; # COMPARE RESULTS &compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1))