2 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/make.c b/miscutils/make.c
index 8e3778461..431ac41d4 100644
--- a/miscutils/make.c
+++ b/miscutils/make.c
@@ -1609,11 +1609,11 @@ input(FILE *fd, int ilevel)
                                                 }
                                                 break;
                                         }
-                                case '!':
-                                        // ':=' and '!=' are non-POSIX extensions.
+                                        // ':=' is a non-POSIX extension.
                                 case '+':
                                 case '?':
-                                        // '+=' and '?=' are from POSIX 202X.
+                                case '!':
+                                        // '+=', '?=' and '!=' are from POSIX 202X.
                                         if (posix)
                                                 break;
                                         eq = q[-1];
@@ -1662,8 +1662,7 @@ input(FILE *fd, int ilevel)
                                 if (rhs != q)
                                         free(rhs);
                                 q = newq;
-                        }
-                        else if (eq == '!') {
+                        } else if (eq == '!') {
                                 char *cmd = expand_macros(q, FALSE);
                                 q = newq = run_command(cmd);
                                 free(cmd);
diff --git a/testsuite/make.tests b/testsuite/make.tests
index 67617f8a2..c97950e95 100755
--- a/testsuite/make.tests
+++ b/testsuite/make.tests
@@ -267,6 +267,18 @@ target: file1 file2 file2 file3 file3
 '
 cd .. || exit 1; rm -rf make.tempdir 2>/dev/null
 
+# Assign the output of a shell command to a macro.
+testing "make shell assignment" \
+        "make -f -" \
+        "1 2 3   4\n" "" '
+hello != echo 1; echo 2; echo 3; echo; echo
+
+target:
+        @echo "$(hello) 4"
+'
+
+cd .. || exit 1; rm -rf make.tempdir 2>/dev/null
+
 # Nested macro expansion is allowed.  This should be compatible
 # with other implementations.
 testing "make nested macro expansion" \
@@ -332,17 +344,6 @@ testing "make chained inference rules" \
 '
 cd .. || exit 1; rm -rf make.tempdir 2>/dev/null
 
-# Assign the output of a shell command to a macro.
-testing "make shell assignment" \
-        "make -f -" \
-        "1 2 3   4\n" "" '
-hello != echo 1; echo 2; echo 3; echo; echo
-
-target:
-        @echo "$(hello) 4"
-'
-
-cd .. || exit 1; rm -rf make.tempdir 2>/dev/null
 # make supports *, ? and [] wildcards in targets and prerequisites
 mkdir make.tempdir && cd make.tempdir || exit 1
 touch -t 202206171201 t1a t2aa t3b