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+$description = "The following test creates a makefile to test comments\n"
+              ."and comment continuation to the next line using a \n"
+              ."backslash within makefiles.";
+
+$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,"> $makefile");
+
+# The Contents of the MAKEFILE ...
+
+print MAKEFILE <<\EOF;
+# Test comment vs semicolon parsing and line continuation
+target: # this ; is just a comment \
+	@echo This is within a comment. 
+	@echo There should be no errors for this makefile.
+EOF
+
+# END of Contents of MAKEFILE
+
+close(MAKEFILE);
+
+&run_make_with_options($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))