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

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This bug was fixed in the package netcfg - 1.135ubuntu2

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netcfg (1.135ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium

  Cherrypick commits from debian netcfg master.

  [ Hendrik Brueckner ]
  * common/ipaddr: remove leading and trailing whitespaces
  * static: trim user-specified values for IP and other addresses
  * Closes: #818611, LP: #1541955

  [ Dimitri John Ledkov ]
  * Makefile: link with -lm to resolve undefined log and other functions

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox at ubuntu.com>  Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:55:14
+0100

** Changed in: netcfg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  installer/netcfg gives misleading error message when parsing line with
  trailing blanks

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in netcfg package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  == 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  
  -------------------------------------------  
    
  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?

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