gnu make: blank before last \ when using strip

[Thomas Lehmann]

Hi,

I have a variable in a makefile containing a valid path and filename.
Following little example:

PATHANDFILENAME := e:/folder/subfolder/name.ext
DUMMY := $(strip $(subst /,\,$(PATHANDFILENAME)))
print-%: ; @echo $* = $($*) \(from $(origin $*)\)

Using this in a small isolated makefile I can check the
variable DUMMY by calling:

make print-DUMMY

...and I will get: "e:\folder\subfolder\name.ext"

In a more complex make environment I get:
"e:\folder\subfolder \name.ext"

You see the blank before the last slash?
Leaving the strip away it is working but then
some other things may fail...

That's my problem. Do you have any idea?

kindly
Thomas