Index: portlint.tcl
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--- portlint.tcl	(revision 35156)
+++ portlint.tcl	(working copy)
@@ -201,9 +201,8 @@
         }
         set require_blank false
 
-        if {[regexp {\S[ \t]+$} $line]} {
-            # allow indented blank lines between blocks of code and such
-            ui_warn "Line $lineno has trailing whitespace before newline"
+        if {[regexp {\\[ \t]+$} $line]} {
+            ui_warn "Line $lineno has trailing whitespace after a backslash"
             incr warnings
         }