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GNUMakefile mode shows lines that will be executed in comment color

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 27185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27185: GNUMakefile mode shows lines that will be executed in
 comment color
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 06:43:17 +0800

>>>>> "SK" == Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:
>> $ cat Makefile
>> mmm:
>> echo 111 #;\
>> echo 222
>> $ emacs Makefile #shows the second line in comment color,
>> but when one does M-x compile, we see the second line is indeed executed.

SK> I can reproduce this on current master. That said, is this really a
SK> common use-case?

That way hackers can hide code in the "comments" that will actually get
executed by unsuspecting programmers.

Imagine a malicious code hidden in a copyright notice section,
sent to staff to "just test this."

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