xlat/gen.sh: add some rudimentary support for comments

* xlat/gen.sh: Trim parts of the string abbreviated in "/*" and "*/"

diff --git a/xlat/gen.sh b/xlat/gen.sh
index d5286d105591c49d92073e78a1bba00ee72a5124..6db06c517c90ab8a69b8de9440fcc263244002d9 100755 (executable)
--- a/xlat/gen.sh
+++ b/xlat/gen.sh
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ gen_header()
        # 1st pass: output directives.
        while read line; do
                LC_COLLATE=C
+               line=$(printf "%s" "$line" | \
+                       sed "s|[[:space:]]*/\*.*\*/[[:space:]]*||")
+
                case $line in
                '#stop')
                        exit 0
@@ -196,6 +199,9 @@ gen_header()
        # 2nd pass: output everything.
        while read line; do
                LC_COLLATE=C
+               line=$(printf "%s" "$line" | \
+                       sed "s|[[:space:]]*/\*.*\*/[[:space:]]*||")
+
                case ${line} in
                '#conditional')
                        unconditional=