* automake.in (value_to_list): Skip trailing backslashes.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bff1220db..5fe076702 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1999-04-07  Pavel Roskin  <pavel_roskin@geocities.com>
+
+	* automake.in (value_to_list): Skip trailing backslashes.
+
 1999-04-07  Alexandre Oliva  <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
 
 	* automake.in (handle_texinfo): Add texinfo.tex to config_aux_dir
diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index 80d967d45..524847e90 100755
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -5555,6 +5555,12 @@ sub value_to_list
 	# If a comment seen, just leave.
 	last if /^#/;
 
+	# Strip backslashes
+	s/\\$//;
+
+	# Skip empty lines
+	next if /^$/;
+
 	# Handle variable substitutions.
 	if (/^\$\{([^}]*)\}$/ || /^\$\(([^)]*)\)$/)
 	{