8374642: EscapeHash macro fails with GNU make 4.3 and 4.4

erikj79 · erikj79 · commit 383fe1efc3a2 · 2026-01-07T21:52:12.000Z
Reviewed-by: tbell, shade
diff --git a/make/common/Utils.gmk b/make/common/Utils.gmk
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ EscapeDollar = $(subst $$,\$$,$(subst \$$,$$,$(strip $1)))
 
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 # This macro works just like EscapeDollar above, but for #.
-EscapeHash = $(subst \#,\\\#,$(subst \\\#,\#,$(strip $1)))
+EscapeHash = $(subst $(HASH),\$(HASH),$(subst \$(HASH),$(HASH),$(strip $1)))
 
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 # This macro translates $ into $$ to protect the string from make itself.
