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+$description = "Test various types of escaping in makefiles.";
+
+$details = "Make sure that escaping of `:' works in target names.";
+
+open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");
+
+print MAKEFILE '$(path)foo : ; @echo cp $^ $@
+';
+
+close(MAKEFILE);
+
+
+# TEST 1
+
+&run_make_with_options($makefile, "", &get_logfile);
+$answer = "cp foo\n";
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+# TEST 2: This one should fail, since the ":" is unquoted.
+
+&run_make_with_options($makefile, "path=p:", &get_logfile, 512);
+$answer = "$makefile:1: *** target pattern contains no `%'.  Stop.\n";
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+# TEST 3: This one should work, since we escape the ":".
+
+&run_make_with_options($makefile, "'path=p\\:'", &get_logfile, 0);
+$answer = "cp p:foo\n";
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+# TEST 4: This one should fail, since the escape char is escaped.
+
+&run_make_with_options($makefile, "'path=p\\\\:'", &get_logfile, 512);
+$answer = "$makefile:1: *** target pattern contains no `%'.  Stop.\n";
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+# This tells the test driver that the perl test script executed properly.
+1;