2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f45fbd3f5e0..0177c88e858 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-06-15  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * progmodes/make-mode.el (makefile-mode-syntax-table):
+        Treat "=" as punctuation.  (Bug#14614)
+
 2013-06-15  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
         * help-fns.el (describe-variable):
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
index 3069c790e1c..3c0871e57b6 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/make-mode.el
@@ -712,7 +712,9 @@ The function must satisfy this calling convention:
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\` "\"    " st)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?#  "<     " st)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">     " st)
-    st))
+    (modify-syntax-entry ?= "." st)
+    st)
+  "Syntax table used in `makefile-mode'.")
 
 (defvar makefile-imake-mode-syntax-table
   (let ((st (make-syntax-table makefile-mode-syntax-table)))