Issue #77: fix bug with emitting comments.

diff --git a/updateHostsFile.py b/updateHostsFile.py
index a6133cf616f0e6efb9ce69cbb7c60f958d6be190..20432e09fa4dd82677b23cc148d654c7fa555bec 100644 (file)
--- a/updateHostsFile.py
+++ b/updateHostsFile.py
@@ -320,9 +320,7 @@ def removeDupsAndExcl(mergeFile):
         # replace tabs with space
         line = line.replace('\t+', ' ')
         # Trim trailing whitespace
-        line = line.rstrip()
-        if not line:
-            continue
+        line = line.rstrip() + "\n"
         # Testing the first character doesn't require startswith
         if line[0] == '#' or re.match(r'^\s*$', line[0]):
             # Cross-python write