GNU bug report logs - #13124
add non-English regexps to comint-password-prompt-regexp for sudo password prompt

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: arne_bab <at> web.de

Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 13:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 13124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de>
Subject: bug#13124: 24.1; shell-mode does not hide sudo password prompts
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:47:40 +0800

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Would it be possible to add the values for all languages, depending on the 
>> LC_ALL or LANG-environment variable?
>
> We could, yes.  But I don't want to maintain a list of "password"
> words, so this should be fully or at least mostly automatic.  Does
> someone have a patch to do that?

How does one go about retrieving this information in a
platform-independent way?  In the absence of a plausible method, I think
we should just use that hardcoded list of "password" words, and move on.
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