From 9e6e03bd343573f40eb2d4fbfc395f12aef4bdcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:27:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] busybox: handle config values containing spaces

Also just a nice simplification.
---
 pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
index 873d5ec4c91d..994b2cd530cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ assert stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "musl" -> useMusl;
 let
   configParser = ''
     function parseconfig {
-        while read LINE; do
-            NAME=`echo "$LINE" | cut -d \  -f 1`
-            OPTION=`echo "$LINE" | cut -d \  -f 2`
-
+        while IFS=" " read NAME OPTION; do
             if ! [[ "$NAME" =~ ^CONFIG_ ]]; then continue; fi
 
             echo "parseconfig: removing $NAME"