Package: dh-python Version: 2.20170125 Severity: normal The parsing of ‘pydist’ configuration files currently fails if there is leading or trailing whitespace, such as a U+000C FORM FEED, on the line.
This is because the parser strips only line-end characters from the
input line. That causes any remaining leading or trailing space to
count as “not an empty line”::
>>> line = ' \f\n'
>>> line = line.strip('\r\n')
>>> if line.startswith('#') or not line:
... print('line is empty')
...
>>> if not PYDIST_RE.match(line):
... print('invalid line')
...
invalid line
Instead, the line should be stripped of *any* leading or trailing
whitespace, before checking whether the line is empty::
>>> line = ' \f\n'
>>> line = line.strip()
>>> if line.startswith('#') or not line:
... print('line is empty')
...
line is empty
This will need to change in, at least:
* dhpython.pydist.validate
* dhpython.pydist.load
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