PR gas/11507

        * macro.c (macro_expand_body): Do not treat LOCAL as a keyword in
        altmacro mode if found inside a quoted string.

        * gas/macros/altmacro.s: New test.
        * gas/macros/altmacro.d: Expected output.

gas/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-04-20  Nick Clifton  <[email protected]>
+
+	PR gas/11507
+	* macro.c (macro_expand_body): Do not treat LOCAL as a keyword in
+	altmacro mode if found inside a quoted string.
+
 2010-04-20  Mike Frysinger  <[email protected]>
 
 	* config/bfin-lex.l (parse_int): Change index() to strchr().

gas/macro.c

@@ -868,7 +868,9 @@ macro_expand_body (sb *in, sb *out, formal_entry *formals,
 	  if (! macro
 	      || src + 5 >= in->len
 	      || strncasecmp (in->ptr + src, "LOCAL", 5) != 0
-	      || ! ISWHITE (in->ptr[src + 5]))
+	      || ! ISWHITE (in->ptr[src + 5])
+	      /* PR 11507: Skip keyword LOCAL if it is found inside a quoted string.  */
+	      || inquote)
 	    {
 	      sb_reset (&t);
 	      src = sub_actual (src, in, &t, formal_hash,

gas/testsuite/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-04-20  Nick Clifton  <[email protected]>
+
+	PR gas/11507
+	* gas/macros/altmacro.s: New test.
+	* gas/macros/altmacro.d: Expected output.
+
 2010-04-16  Nick Clifton  <[email protected]>
 
 	PR gas/11395

gas/testsuite/gas/macros/altmacro.d

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+local
+.LL0001
+.LL0002

gas/testsuite/gas/macros/altmacro.s

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Check use of LOCAL directive inside .altmacro.
+# Test derived from PR 11507.
+
+        .altmacro
+
+        .macro ABC              
+                .print "local "
+        .endm
+
+	.macro DEF
+		LOCAL fred
+		.print "fred"
+	.endm
+
+# This one is just being perverse, but it should work.
+	.macro GHI
+		local local
+		.print "local"
+	.endm
+
+
+        ABC
+
+	DEF
+
+	GHI