--- gentoolkit-dev-0.2.0_pre2/src/gensync/gensync	2004-02-08 03:33:46.000000000 +0100
+++ ./gensync	2004-03-16 00:10:08.525271344 +0100
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@
 				if x.find("=") == -1 or \
 				       (len(x) and x[0] == "#"):
 					continue
-				(attrib, value) = x.split()
-				value = value.strip().strip('"')
+				(attrib, value) = x.split('=')
+				value = value.strip('"').strip(' '). \
+					strip('\n').strip('\t')
+				attrib = attrib.strip('"').strip(' '). \
+					strip('\n').strip('\t')
+				print "Stripped value: " + "'" + value + "'"
 				if attrib == "rsync_timeout":
 					self.rsync_timeout = value
 				elif attrib == "base_overlay":
@@ -90,7 +94,10 @@
 			       (len(x) and x[0] == "#"):
 				continue
 			attrib,value = x.split("=")
-			value = value.strip().strip('"')
+			value = value.strip('"').strip(' '). \
+				strip('\n').strip('\t')
+			attrib = attrib.strip('"').strip(' '). \
+				strip('\n').strip('\t')
 			if attrib == "id":
 				self.id = value
 			elif attrib == "description":