The regex pattern in function scan_variable_expansions() fails to report a portability warning when a dollar-escaped dollar sign precedes the variable:
foo_SOURCES = a.c $$$(patsubst a.c,a,b) --- lib/Automake/Variable.pm | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/Automake/Variable.pm b/lib/Automake/Variable.pm index 4227baad9..4fe1e7284 100644 --- a/lib/Automake/Variable.pm +++ b/lib/Automake/Variable.pm @@ -746,9 +746,10 @@ sub scan_variable_expansions ($) $text =~ s/#.*$//; # Record each use of ${stuff} or $(stuff) that does not follow a $. - while ($text =~ /(?<!\$)\$(?:\{([^\}]*)\}|\(([^\)]*)\))/g) + while ($text =~ m{\$(?:\{([^\}]*)\}|\(([^\)]*)\)|(\$))}g) { - my $var = $1 || $2; + my $var = $1 || $2 || $3; + next if $var eq '$'; # The occurrence may look like $(string1[:subst1=[subst2]]) but # we want only 'string1'. $var =~ s/:[^:=]*=[^=]*$//; -- 2.41.0