[ python-Bugs-1481347 ] parse_makefile doesn't handle $$ correctly

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Bugs item #1481347, was opened at 2006-05-03 21:16
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Category: Distutils
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Han-Wen Nienhuys (hanwen)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: parse_makefile doesn't handle $$  correctly

Initial Comment:
In Makefiles, a $$ should expand into a literal $ 
distutils.sysconfig doesn't deal with this.

>>> print open('a.make').read ()

FOO	= $${bar} bla bla

>>> sysconfig.parse_makefile ('a.make')
{'FOO': '$ bla bla', 'bar': ''}




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