3 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ports-mgmt/portconf/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/portconf/Makefile
index 7fe720d2cff9..2ef7a2244422 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/portconf/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/portconf/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	portconf
-PORTVERSION=	1.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.2
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	# none
 DISTFILES=	# none
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/portconf/files/pkg-message.in b/ports-mgmt/portconf/files/pkg-message.in
index 3858fba21893..859391f9f049 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/portconf/files/pkg-message.in
+++ b/ports-mgmt/portconf/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ To set port-specific make variables, create the
 with the following syntax:
 
 ---------------------------------------------------------
+# this is a comment
 editors/openoffice*: WITH_CCACHE|LOCALIZED_LANG=it
 www/firefox-i18n: WITHOUT_SWITCHER | FIREFOX_I18N=fr it
 x11/fakeport: CONFIGURE_ARGS=--with-modules="aaa bbb ccc"
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ x11/fakeport: CONFIGURE_ARGS=--with-modules="aaa bbb ccc"
 Global port directory patterns and blanks around the
 pipe "|" symbol are allowed.
 Values shouldn't be quoted even if they contain spaces.
+Lines beginning with a '#' are comments.
 
 *********************************************************
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/portconf/files/portconf.sh.in b/ports-mgmt/portconf/files/portconf.sh.in
index 7f71512b76d2..7ac900d3c823 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/portconf/files/portconf.sh.in
+++ b/ports-mgmt/portconf/files/portconf.sh.in
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ if [ ! -r "${_conf}" ]; then
     exit
 fi
 _pwd=`pwd`
-cat "${_conf}" | while read _line; do
-    if [ -z "${_line}" ]; then
-	continue
-    fi
+sed '/^#/d;/^[[:space:]]*$/d' "${_conf}" | while read _line; do
     _port=${_line%%:*}
     if [ "${_pwd%%${_port}}" != "${_pwd}" ]; then
 	echo ${_line#*:} | sed -E 's/([A-Z0-9_]+)(=([^|]+))?/\1=\3/g;s/ *\| */|/g;s/ /%/g'