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: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab <at> web.de>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#13124: 24.1; shell-mode does not hide sudo password prompts
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:19:57 +0100

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>> How does one go about retrieving this information in a
>>> platform-independent way?
>>
>> We could use various ad-hoc hacks for the various known cases, as
>> a "best effort".
>
> How is that different from having an ad-hoc list of "password" words,
> other than being more difficult to implement?

Other packages could profit from a predefined list of "password" words
as well. Tramp comes to my mind ...

Best regards, Michael.
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