[Bug 1541955] [NEW] installer/netcfg gives misleading error message when parsing line with trailing blanks

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== Comment: #0 - Thorsten Diehl - 2016-02-04 08:52:12 ==
During the very early phase of the installer (build 416) within the z/VM console, when I enter e.g. the IP address and append by accident one ore more trailing blanks, the IP address is treated as malformed. 
Recommendation: leading and trailing blanks should be ignored.

Configure a network using static addressing  
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The IP address is unique to your computer and may be:  
  
 * four numbers separated by periods (IPv4);  
 * blocks of hexadecimal characters separated by colons (IPv6).  
  
You can also optionally append a CIDR netmask (such as "/24").  
  
If you don't know what to use here, consult your network administrator.  
IP address:  
Prompt: '?' for help> 9.152.162.103
9.152.162.103     
  
!! ERROR: Malformed IP address  
  
The IP address you provided is malformed. It should be in the form x.x.x.x   
where each 'x' is no larger than 255 (an IPv4 address), or a sequence of blocks 
 
of hexadecimal digits separated by colons (an IPv6 address). Please try again.  
?Press enter to continue?

** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Skipper Bug Screeners (skipper-screen-team)
         Status: New


** Tags: architecture-s39064 bugnameltc-136619 severity-low targetmilestone-inin1604
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installer/netcfg gives misleading error message when parsing line with trailing blanks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1541955
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