Firstly, there is a stray `exit 44'. Oops, sorry. One of my debugging tactics that I failed to revert before sending.
Secondly, the NEWS hunk has stray whitespace.
Sorry again, I didn't notice. (I hate the pogrom against trailing
whitespace, but I know that battle has been lost.)
The attached patch, I believe, fixes all of the issues.
Thanks much. I will look at it within the next couple/few days. Out of
time for right now. --best, karl.
