From 5def293ed66b04b5541d70bb899089af6241d44c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Barwick <ian@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 11:58:34 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Configuration file: ignore whitespace following the '=' sign

---
 config.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 28a3fa07..908650cd 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ parse_line(char *buff, char *name, char *value)
 	int			j = 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * first we find the name of the parameter
+	 * Extract parameter name, if present
 	 */
 	for (; i < MAXLEN; ++i)
 	{
@@ -358,7 +358,20 @@ parse_line(char *buff, char *name, char *value)
 	name[j] = '\0';
 
 	/*
-	 * Now the value
+	 * Ignore any whitespace following the '=' sign
+	 */
+	for (; i < MAXLEN; ++i)
+	{
+		if (buff[i+1] == ' ')
+			continue;
+		if (buff[i+1] == '\t')
+			continue;
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Extract parameter value
 	 */
 	j = 0;
 	for (++i; i < MAXLEN; ++i)