From c01545a08757a8fbb0e5955e31e206a3a96efafe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:27:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 	* automake.in (read_am_file): Insert a backslash
 before a trailing 	newline.  Fixes pluseq8.test.

---
 ChangeLog   | 3 +++
 automake.in | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0f78fcaa..3141cdc3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 1999-04-27  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
+	* automake.in (read_am_file): Insert a backslash before a trailing
+	newline.  Fixes pluseq8.test.
+
 	* automake.in (MACRO_PATTERN): Allow digits and `_' to start a
 	macro name.
 	(check_canonical_spelling): Don't insert `AM' before macro name
diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index f88ec324..754ab9e0 100755
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -6344,6 +6344,12 @@ sub read_am_file
 		{
 		    $contents{$last_var_name} = $am_var_defs{$last_var_name};
 		}
+		if (substr ($contents{$last_var_name}, -1) eq "\n")
+		{
+		    # Insert a backslash before a trailing newline.
+		    $contents{$last_var_name}
+			= substr ($contents{$last_var_name}, 0, -1) . "\\\n";
+		}
 		$contents{$last_var_name} .= ' ' . $value;
 	    }
 	    else
-- 
2.43.5