Index: main/config.c
===================================================================
--- main/config.c	(revision 156389)
+++ main/config.c	(working copy)
@@ -1520,44 +1520,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static int count_linefeeds(char *str)
-{
-	int count = 0;
-
-	while (*str) {
-		if (*str =='\n')
-			count++;
-		str++;
-	}
-	return count;
-}
-
-static int count_linefeeds_in_comments(struct ast_comment *x)
-{
-	int count = 0;
-
-	while (x) {
-		count += count_linefeeds(x->cmt);
-		x = x->next;
-	}
-	return count;
-}
-
-static void insert_leading_blank_lines(FILE *fp, struct inclfile *fi, struct ast_comment *precomments, int lineno)
-{
-	int precomment_lines = count_linefeeds_in_comments(precomments);
-	int i;
-
-	/* I don't have to worry about those ;! comments, they are
-	   stored in the precomments, but not printed back out.
-	   I did have to make sure that comments following
-	   the ;! header comments were not also deleted in the process */
-	for (i=fi->lineno;i<lineno - precomment_lines; i++) {
-		fprintf(fp,"\n");
-	}
-	fi->lineno = lineno+1; /* Advance the file lineno */
-}
-
 int config_text_file_save(const char *configfile, const struct ast_config *cfg, const char *generator)
 {
 	return ast_config_text_file_save(configfile, cfg, generator);
@@ -1642,7 +1604,6 @@
 				}
 			}
 			
-			insert_leading_blank_lines(f, fi, cat->precomments, cat->lineno);
 			/* Dump section with any appropriate comment */
 			for (cmt = cat->precomments; cmt; cmt=cmt->next) {
 				char *cmtp = cmt->cmt;
@@ -1734,7 +1695,6 @@
 					}
 				}
 				
-				insert_leading_blank_lines(f, fi, var->precomments, var->lineno);
 				for (cmt = var->precomments; cmt; cmt=cmt->next) {
 					if (cmt->cmt[0] != ';' || cmt->cmt[1] != '!')
 						fprintf(f,"%s", cmt->cmt);