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+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check a documented limitation of the Automake's Makefile parser
+# w.r.t. POSIX variable substitutions used in the name of targets.
+# See Section "General Operation" in the Automake manual.
+# If you cause some parts of this test to fail, chances are that you've
+# improved the Automake parser ;-)
+# See: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2010-08/msg00074.html>
+# or: <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general/11943/focus=11962>
+
+. ./defs || Exit 1
+
+cat > Makefile.am <<'END'
+$(FOO:=x): bar
+END
+
+$ACLOCAL
+AUTOMAKE_fails
+
+grep 'bad characters.*variable name.*\$(FOO' stderr
+grep ':=.*assignments.*not portable' stderr
+
+: