--- /usr/share/tcltk/tcllib1.17/ldap/ldapx.tcl	2015-02-12 02:16:15.000000000 +0100
+++ ldapx.tcl	2018-02-08 11:35:07.397701791 +0100
@@ -1549,10 +1549,10 @@
 
 	    } elseif {[regexp {^[ \t]} $line]} then {
 		#
-		# Continuation line
+		# Continuation line. Remove the continuation character.
 		#
 
-		append prev [string trim $line]
+		append prev [string range $line 1 end]
 
 	    } elseif {[regexp {^-$} $line]} then {
 		#
