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+#                                                                    -*-perl-*-
+
+$description = "Test the eval function.";
+
+$details = "This is a test of the eval function in GNU make.
+This function will evaluate inline makefile syntax and incorporate the
+results into its internal database.\n";
+
+open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");
+
+print MAKEFILE <<'EOF';
+define Y
+  all:: ; @echo $AA
+  A = B
+endef
+
+X = $(eval $(value Y))
+
+$(eval $(shell echo A = A))
+$(eval $(Y))
+$(eval A = C)
+$(eval $(X))
+EOF
+
+close(MAKEFILE);
+
+&run_make_with_options($makefile, "", &get_logfile);
+
+# Create the answer to what should be produced by this Makefile
+$answer = "AA\nBA\n";
+
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+# Test to make sure defining variables when we have extra scope pushed works
+# as expected.
+
+$makefile2 = &get_tmpfile;
+
+open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile2");
+
+print MAKEFILE <<'EOF';
+VARS = A B
+
+VARSET = $(1) = $(2)
+
+$(foreach v,$(VARS),$(eval $(call VARSET,$v,$v)))
+
+all: ; @echo A = $(A) B = $(B)
+EOF
+
+close(MAKEFILE);
+
+&run_make_with_options($makefile2, "", &get_logfile);
+
+# Create the answer to what should be produced by this Makefile
+$answer = "A = A B = B\n";
+
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+1;