-activity="compare output"
-diff -b -B -w $TEMPDIR/pspp.list $top_srcdir/tests/bugs/recode-copy-bug-1.out
+activity="compare output 1"
+perl -pi -e 's/^\s*$//g' $TEMPDIR/pspp.list $top_srcdir/tests/bugs/recode-copy-bug-1.out
+diff -b -w $TEMPDIR/pspp.list $top_srcdir/tests/bugs/recode-copy-bug-1.out