--- loncom/build/lpml_parse.pl	2002/03/22 01:55:04	1.41
+++ loncom/build/lpml_parse.pl	2002/03/22 02:09:41	1.42
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # lpml_parse.pl - Linux Packaging Markup Language parser
 #
-# $Id: lpml_parse.pl,v 1.41 2002/03/22 01:55:04 harris41 Exp $
+# $Id: lpml_parse.pl,v 1.42 2002/03/22 02:09:41 harris41 Exp $
 #
 # Written by Scott Harrison, harris41@msu.edu
 #
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ sub format_build {
     if ($text) {
 	$parser->get_tag('/build');
 	$build=$sourceroot.'/'.$text.';'.$tokeninfo[2]{'trigger'};
-	$build=~s/[^\\]\\\s+//g; # allow for having lines split onto new lines
+	$build=~s/([^\\])\\\s+/$1/g; # allow for lines split onto new lines
     }
     return '';
 }