Use tab/space when finding vars (and not newlines).

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index 021a93f01..8ff6e8620 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ module HomebrewInreplaceExtension
   # value with "new_value", or removes the definition entirely.
   def change_make_var! flag, new_value
     new_value = "#{flag}=#{new_value}"
-    gsub! Regexp.new("^#{flag}\\s*=[ \\t]*(.*)$"), new_value
+    gsub! Regexp.new("^#{flag}[ \\t]*=[ \\t]*(.*)$"), new_value
   end
   # Removes variable assignments completely.
   def remove_make_var! flags
     flags.each do |flag|
       # Also remove trailing \n, if present.
-      gsub! Regexp.new("^#{flag}\\s*=(.*)$\n?"), ""
+      gsub! Regexp.new("^#{flag}[ \\t]*=(.*)$\n?"), ""
     end
   end
 end