5c04291d6636242cb62b6f770fdc93b23873f9d3
markd
  Thu Oct 16 13:29:03 2025 -0700
fix blast alignment parsing to handle format change

diff --git src/lib/blastParse.c src/lib/blastParse.c
index 6dfa7aeb04b..396245634e0 100644
--- src/lib/blastParse.c
+++ src/lib/blastParse.c
@@ -112,60 +112,58 @@
 {
 for (;;)
     {
     char *line = bfNextLine(bf);
     if (line == NULL)
 	return NULL;
     if (startsWith(start, line))
         return line;
     }
 }
 
 static void bfBadHeader(struct blastFile *bf)
 /* Report bad header. */
 {
 bfError(bf, "Bad first line\nShould be something like:\n"
-            "BLASTN 2.0.11 [Jan-20-2000]");
+            "BLASTN 2.0.11");
 }
 
 struct blastFile *blastFileOpenVerify(char *fileName)
 /* Open file, read and verify header. */
 {
 struct blastFile *bf;
 char *line;
 char *words[16];
 int wordCount;
 struct lineFile *lf;
 
 AllocVar(bf);
 bf->lf = lf = lineFileOpen(fileName, TRUE);
 bf->fileName = cloneString(fileName);
 
 /* Parse first line - something like: */
 line = bfNeedNextLine(bf);
 wordCount = chopLine(line, words);
-if (wordCount < 3)
+if (wordCount < 2)
     bfBadHeader(bf);
 bf->program = cloneString(words[0]);
 bf->version = cloneString(words[1]);
 bf->buildDate = cloneString(words[2]);
 if (!wildMatch("*BLAST*", bf->program))
     bfBadHeader(bf);
 if (!isdigit(bf->version[0]))
     bfBadHeader(bf);
-if (bf->buildDate[0] != '[')
-    bfBadHeader(bf);
 return bf;
 }
 
 void decomma(char *s)
 /* Remove commas from string. */
 {
 char *d = s;
 char c;
 
 for (;;)
     {
     c = *s++;
     if (c != ',')
 	*d++ = c;
     if (c == 0)