-masterhost="$(awk -v component="$component" '$2 == component {print $1; exit}' "$componentlist")"
-srchost="$(awk -v component="$component" '$2 == component {print $3; exit}' "$componentlist")"
-srcdir="$(awk -v component="$component" '$2 == component {print $4; exit}' "$componentlist")"
+masterhost="$(awk -v component="$component" '!/^ *(#|$)/ && $2 == component {print $1; exit}' "$componentlist")"
+srchost="$(awk -v component="$component" '!/^ *(#|$)/ && $2 == component {print $3; exit}' "$componentlist")"
+srcdir="$(awk -v component="$component" '!/^ *(#|$)/ && $2 == component {print $4; exit}' "$componentlist")"