halcompile error

I can't get halcompile to work for a userpace comp. See error below:

joe@Shermill:~$ sudo halcompile --install --userspace testusr.comp
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/halcompile", line 1353, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/halcompile", line 1322, in main
process(f, mode, outfile)
File "/usr/bin/halcompile", line 1192, in process
a, b = parse(filename)
File "/usr/bin/halcompile", line 417, in parse
a, b = f.split("\n;;\n", 1)
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

I am on Debian Wheezy and linuxcnc 2.7.4

Well I found the problem. DOS style line endings.
I just had to do Save As in Gedit and choose Unix/Linux not windows Line endings.

It would be nice if Halcompile would just ignore the '/r' but............

Be nicer if Microsoft would just use the same endings as every one else