diff -ubNr dotconf-1.0.8/ChangeLog dotconf-1.0.8a/ChangeLog
--- dotconf-1.0.8/ChangeLog	Tue Jan 15 10:43:54 2002
+++ dotconf-1.0.8a/ChangeLog	Tue Jan 22 12:58:02 2002
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+[2002 01 21] [v1.0.8a]
+    - in v1.0.7 we fixed the inline comment handling. someone used this bug as
+      a feature. we give them a new flag "NO_INLINE_COMMENT", to make this bug
+      a feature on demand
+
+
 [2002 01 15] [v1.0.8]
     - Benjamin Lee sent in a dotconf.spec to create RPMs.
 
-[2001 12 29]
+[2001 12 29] [v1.0.7]
     - win32 cleanups, by Robert Buck
 
 [2001 12 05]
diff -ubNr dotconf-1.0.8/configure dotconf-1.0.8a/configure
--- dotconf-1.0.8/configure	Tue Jan 15 10:18:39 2002
+++ dotconf-1.0.8a/configure	Tue Jan 22 12:58:10 2002
@@ -1108,9 +1108,9 @@
 #
 DOTCONF_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 DOTCONF_MINOR_VERSION=0
-DOTCONF_MICRO_VERSION=8
-DOTCONF_INTERFACE_AGE=8
-DOTCONF_BINARY_AGE=8
+DOTCONF_MICRO_VERSION=9
+DOTCONF_INTERFACE_AGE=9
+DOTCONF_BINARY_AGE=9
 DOTCONF_VERSION=$DOTCONF_MAJOR_VERSION.$DOTCONF_MINOR_VERSION.$DOTCONF_MICRO_VERSION
 
 # libtool versioning
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@
 
 PACKAGE=dotconf
 
-VERSION=1.0.8
+VERSION=1.0.8a
 
 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
   { { echo "$as_me:1311: error: source directory already configured; run \"make distclean\" there first" >&5
diff -ubNr dotconf-1.0.8/configure.in dotconf-1.0.8a/configure.in
--- dotconf-1.0.8/configure.in	Tue Jan 15 10:18:10 2002
+++ dotconf-1.0.8a/configure.in	Tue Jan 22 12:47:26 2002
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 #
 DOTCONF_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 DOTCONF_MINOR_VERSION=0
-DOTCONF_MICRO_VERSION=8
-DOTCONF_INTERFACE_AGE=8
-DOTCONF_BINARY_AGE=8
+DOTCONF_MICRO_VERSION=9
+DOTCONF_INTERFACE_AGE=9
+DOTCONF_BINARY_AGE=9
 DOTCONF_VERSION=$DOTCONF_MAJOR_VERSION.$DOTCONF_MINOR_VERSION.$DOTCONF_MICRO_VERSION
 
 AC_SUBST(DOTCONF_MAJOR_VERSION)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION)
 AC_SUBST(LT_AGE)
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(dotconf, 1.0.8)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(dotconf, 1.0.8a)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff -ubNr dotconf-1.0.8/dotconf.spec dotconf-1.0.8a/dotconf.spec
--- dotconf-1.0.8/dotconf.spec	Tue Jan 15 11:11:19 2002
+++ dotconf-1.0.8a/dotconf.spec	Tue Jan 22 14:44:29 2002
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: dot.conf
 Name: dotconf
-Version: 1.0.8
+Version: 1.0.8a
 Release: 1dwap
 Copyright: LGPL
 Group: Development/Libraries
diff -ubNr dotconf-1.0.8/src/dotconf.c dotconf-1.0.8a/src/dotconf.c
--- dotconf-1.0.8/src/dotconf.c	Sat Dec 29 18:43:46 2001
+++ dotconf-1.0.8a/src/dotconf.c	Tue Jan 22 14:44:09 2002
@@ -429,7 +429,23 @@
 		else if (*cp1 == '#' && !dq && !sq)
 		{
 			*cp2 = '\0';
+			cp1++;
+			if ((configfile->flags & NO_INLINE_COMMENTS) == 0)
 			break;
+			else
+			{
+				/* fast forward */
+
+				/* just skip the current parameter */
+				while(*cp1 != '\0' && !isspace((int)*cp1))
+					cp1++;
+
+				/* skip all whitespace between 2 arguments */
+				while ( isspace((int)cp1[0]) && (*cp1 != '\0'))
+					cp1++;
+
+				continue;
+			}
 		}
 		/* not space or quoted:eat it; dont take quote if quoting */
 		else if ( (!isspace((int)*cp1) && !dq && !sq && *cp1 != '"' && *cp1 != '\'')
diff -ubNr dotconf-1.0.8/src/dotconf.h dotconf-1.0.8a/src/dotconf.h
--- dotconf-1.0.8/src/dotconf.h	Sat Dec 29 18:43:29 2001
+++ dotconf-1.0.8a/src/dotconf.h	Tue Jan 22 12:46:27 2002
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #define NONE 0
 #define CASE_INSENSITIVE 1<<0	/* match option names case insensitive */
 #define DONT_SUBSTITUTE 1<<1    /* do not call substitute_env after read_arg */
+#define NO_INLINE_COMMENTS 1<<2	/* do not allow inline comments */
 
 /* syslog style errors as suggested by Sander Steffann <sander@steffann.nl> */
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG