From dfdf8ccac1773e23d37bea9a7f85ec27f0802bef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Marz <main@lmarz.org>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 17:47:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] key-file: ignore empty lines before the first group

Fixes: plymouth/plymouth#307
---
 src/libply/ply-key-file.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libply/ply-key-file.c b/src/libply/ply-key-file.c
index c296865a..fe9fb95f 100644
--- a/src/libply/ply-key-file.c
+++ b/src/libply/ply-key-file.c
@@ -237,7 +237,10 @@ ply_key_file_load_groups (ply_key_file_t *key_file)
 
                 ply_key_file_group_t *group;
 
-                first_byte = fgetc (key_file->fp);
+                do {
+                        first_byte = fgetc (key_file->fp);
+                } while (isspace (first_byte));
+
                 if (first_byte == '#') {
                         char *line_to_toss;
                         size_t number_of_bytes;