>Number:         34128
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       The make(1) operator :M is buggy
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 02 15:50:00 +0000 2006
>Originator:     Roland Illig
>Release:        NetBSD 3.0_STABLE
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD bacc.roland-illig.de 3.0_STABLE NetBSD 3.0_STABLE (GENERIC) #0: Sat Jun 17 13:16:17 CEST 2006 build@baccf5ee.roland-illig.de:/home/build/3/2006-06/i386/work/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:

The :M* operator does not work as expected when it is passed an empty
word in double quotes.

	
>How-To-Repeat:

	ARGS=		a "" b
	all:
		echo '${ARGS:M*}'

I expected the output to be the same as the input, but one double quote
is missing. I cannot say whether it is the first or the second one. :)

>Fix:

Well, somewhere in var.c, I guess.

>Unformatted: