Index: main/config.c
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--- main/config.c	(revision 400621)
+++ main/config.c	(working copy)
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
 		}
 		if (newcat)
 			ast_category_append(cfg, *cat);
-	} else if (cur[0] == '#') { /* A directive - #include or #exec */
+	} else if ((cur[0] == '#')  && !strchr(cur,'=')){ /* A directive - #include or #exec */
 		char *cur2;
 		char real_inclusion_name[256];
 		int do_include = 0;	/* otherwise, it is exec */