--- orig-database.c	Mon May  2 08:28:08 1994
+++ database.c	Sun Oct 19 16:08:20 2003
@@ -171,11 +171,11 @@
 		    char *ptr;
 
 		    if (buf[0])
 			buf[strlen(buf)-1] = 0;
 
-		    if (buf[0] == 0 || buf[0] == '#' || buf[0] == ' ' || buf[0] == '\t')
+		    if (buf[0] == 0 || buf[0] == '#')
 			continue;
 
 		    if (--maxEntries == 0)
 		        break;
 
@@ -243,10 +243,13 @@
     int n1 = -1;
     int n2 = -1;
 
     if (base == NULL)
     	return(NULL);
+
+    while (*ptr == ' ' || *ptr == '\t')
+        ++ptr;
 
     while (*ptr != ' ' && *ptr != '\t' && *ptr != '\n') {
         int skip = 0;
 
 	/*