From 581d83dbf0de4d957fd642b1c5cd7c18bdab45b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 19:54:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] debian_linux.utils._read_rfc822: Parse and ignore comments

---
 debian/lib/python/debian_linux/utils.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/utils.py b/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/utils.py
index f2fb6c39c..5d6a7d473 100644
--- a/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/utils.py
+++ b/debian/lib/python/debian_linux/utils.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ def _read_rfc822(f, cls):
             if not line:
                 eof = True
                 break
+            # Strip comments rather than trying to preserve them
+            if line[0] == '#':
+                continue
             line = line.strip('\n')
             if not line:
                 break