How to add multi line comments in makefiles

Question

Is there a way to comment out multiple lines in makefiles like as in C syntax /* */ ?

Answer 1

A note about the idea of using ifeq to do multi-line comments in make(1). They don't work very well since if you write the following:

ifeq (0,1)
    do not risk ifeq comments
    else trouble will find you
    ifeq is even worse
endif

The text between the ifeq and endif will still be parsed by make which means that you cannot write whatever you want in that section. And if you want to write a long comment and write whatever you want in the comment (including $ signs, colons and more which all have a meaning for make) then you must comment every single line. So why the ifeq...:)