Subject: bug#14614: 24.3.50; thing-at-point for symbol returns wrong value in makefile

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:50:51 -0400

>> Let Makefile have contents:
>> 
>> MY_MAKE_VAR=foo bar
> [...]
>> Minibuffer indicates symbol at point is: MY_MAKE_VAR=foo

> The solution is to give ?= punctuation syntax in Makefile mode.
> I can't see any obvious reason not to do that...?

Let's try it: either it'll "just work", or we'll get to learn why it's
not quite so simple.

        Stefan