This patch is submitted upstream as:

bug #36106: make target-specific variables fail if over 150 characters and contain semicolon

--- a/read.c 2010-07-13 03:20:42.000000000 +0200

+++ b/read.c 2012-04-05 23:25:12.155011371 +0200

@@ -1071,12 +1071,12 @@

after it. */

if (semip)

{

- unsigned int l = p - variable_buffer;

+ unsigned int l = p2 - variable_buffer;

*(--semip) = ';';

collapse_continuations (semip);

variable_buffer_output (p2 + strlen (p2),

semip, strlen (semip)+1);

- p = variable_buffer + l;

+ p2 = variable_buffer + l;

}

record_target_var (filenames, p2,

vmod.override_v ? o_override : o_file,