GNU bug report logs - #24000
24.5; makefile-bsdmake-mode has incomplete keyword syntax

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Greg A. Woods" <woods <at> robohack.ca>

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:30:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 24000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Greg A. Woods" <woods <at> robohack.ca>
Cc: 24000 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24000: 24.5; makefile-bsdmake-mode has incomplete keyword
 syntax
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 21:59:26 +0100

"Greg A. Woods" <woods <at> robohack.ca> writes:

> Although it is not well described in the manuals for all variants of BSD
> Make, all regular users of any and all variants of BSD Make assume that
> all include, conditional, and loop statements (i.e. what's described in
> the "INCLUDE STATEMENTS, CONDITIONALS AND FOR LOOPS" section of the
> manual page) may contain a combination of spaces and/or tabs btween the
> mandatory leading '.' on the line and the keyword.  (This is documented
> properly in OpenBSD.)

This should now be fixed in Emacs 28.

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