Problem with installation: "syntax error"

I had a problem installing latest development release. When selected module from the list and clicked submit I got the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /path/to/cck_address/cck_address_state.inc on line 2

I opened the file in question and was able to fix the problem by adding new line/carriage return on first line, right after <?php. Before it looked like this:
<?php//$Id: cck_address_state.inc,v 1.1.2.2 2007/04/11 23:24:30 rconstantine Exp $;