What are the rules for IGNORE strings?

[Dan Langille]

I noticed this in a Makfile today.  The resulting string contains 
escaped quotes, newlines, etc.  Is this standard?

[dan at polo:~/ports/java/jdk15] $ make -V IGNORE
:\n Due to licensing restrictions, certain files must be fetched 
manually.\n\n Please open 
http://www.sun.com/software/java2/download.html\n in a web browser 
and follow the \"Download\" link for the\n \"JDK 5.0\".  You will be 
required to log in and register,\n but you can create an account on 
this page.  After registration and\n accepting the Sun Community 
Source License, download the\n SCSL Source file, jdk-1_5_0-src-
scsl.zip and the\n SCSL Binaries file, jdk-1_5_0-bin-scsl.zip .\n\n 
In addition, please download the patchset, bsd-jdk15-patches-
2.tar.bz2, from\n 
http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk15.html.\n\n Please 
place the downloaded file(s) in /usr/ports/distfiles \n and restart 
the build.\n\n
[dan at polo:~/ports/java/jdk15] $

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