<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Should nginx ignore those blank lines (lines with spaces only) in config?<br><br></div>I tried below in the config of nginx 1.14.0:<br><br></div><div>server {<br>...<br><br></div>    set $testvar1 "testval1";<br></div>... 300 blank lines, each with 20 spaces ...<br></div>    set $testvar2 "testval2";<br><br>...<br>}<br><br></div>nginx configtest says:<br><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">nginx: [emerg] too long parameter "<br>         ..." started in <br><br><br></span></div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">Thanks!<br></span></div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none">Frank<br></span><div><div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline;float:none"><br><br><br></span><br><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>