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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/parser.cxx b/libbuild2/parser.cxx
index 4350c88..2c8c8a6 100644
--- a/libbuild2/parser.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/parser.cxx
@@ -8163,12 +8163,14 @@ namespace build2
buildspec parser::
parse_buildspec (istream& is, const path_name& in)
{
- // We do "effective escaping" of the special `'"\$(` characters, line
- // continuations, plus `)` for symmetry (basically what's escapable inside
- // a double-quoted literal plus the single quote).
+ // We do "effective escaping" of the special `'"\$(` characters plus `)`
+ // for symmetry (basically what's escapable inside a double-quoted literal
+ // plus the single quote; note, however, that we exclude line
+ // continuations since they would make directory paths on Windows
+ // unusable).
//
path_ = ∈
- lexer l (is, *path_, 1 /* line */, "\'\"\\$()\n");
+ lexer l (is, *path_, 1 /* line */, "\'\"\\$()");
lexer_ = &l;
root_ = &ctx->global_scope.rw ();