@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@
 			(configf:process-line inl ht allow-processing))
 		       ((return-string)
 			inl)
 		       (else
 			(configf:process-line inl ht allow-processing)))))
-	    (if (and (string? res)
-		     (not (equal? (hash-table-ref/default settings "trim-trailing-spaces" "no") "no")))
+	    (if (and (string? res)  ;; must set to "no" to force NOT trimming trailing spaces
+		     (not (equal? (hash-table-ref/default settings "trim-trailing-spaces" "yes") "no")))
 		(string-substitute "\\s+$" "" res)
 		res))))))
 
 (define (configf:cfgdat->env-alist section cfgdat-ht allow-system)
   (filter