Bug#996785: Also happens for spaces

[Niels Thykier]

Jelmer Vernooij:
> FWIW this happens with tabs as well as spaces.
> 
> Any news on a fix for this ? It's currently a blocker for the janitor since a
> lot of packages seem to have leading whitespace in control fields, and this
> triggers spurious changes.
> 

Hi Jelmer,

I thought it was fixed already (in git, not sure there was a release
since then).  Can you provide a reproducer and I will look into it?

~Niels