Issue #8: fix - Update the stripRule() function to be smarter about whitespace preced...

diff --git a/updateHostsFile.py b/updateHostsFile.py
index 709a525fadfb539976e6ff903709b7323dde6813..af8555e3aeef18f5703f17704c05a61db238f336 100644 (file)
--- a/updateHostsFile.py
+++ b/updateHostsFile.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def removeDups(mergeFile):
 
        hostnames = set()
        for line in mergeFile.readlines():
-               if line[0].startswith("#") or line[0] == '\n':
+               if line[0].startswith("#") or re.match(r'^\s*$', line[0]):
                        finalFile.write(line) #maintain the comments for readability
                        continue
                strippedRule = stripRule(line) #strip comments
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def moveHostsFileIntoPlace(finalFile):
 ## {{{ http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577058/ (r2)
 def query_yes_no(question, default="yes"):
     """Ask a yes/no question via raw_input() and return their answer.
-    
+
     "question" is a string that is presented to the user.
     "default" is the presumed answer if the user just hits <Enter>.
         It must be "yes" (the default), "no" or None (meaning