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comint-mode and 'SUDO password' prompt

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Web <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
Subject: bug#24817: closed (Re: bug#24817: comint-mode and 'SUDO password'
 prompt)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:15:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#24817: comint-mode and 'SUDO password' prompt

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 24817 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 24817-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24817: comint-mode and 'SUDO password' prompt
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:14:20 -0500

Version: 26.1

commit 581c4d1 (HEAD, master)
Date:   Thu Feb 23 17:12:49 2017 -0500

    * lisp/comint.el (comint-password-prompt-regexp): Add SUDO. (Bug#24817)

diff --git a/lisp/comint.el b/lisp/comint.el
index 830f4ca..7bac305 100644
--- a/lisp/comint.el
+++ b/lisp/comint.el
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ This variable is buffer-local."
    (regexp-opt
     '("Enter" "enter" "Enter same" "enter same" "Enter the" "enter the"
       "Old" "old" "New" "new" "'s" "login"
-      "Kerberos" "CVS" "UNIX" " SMB" "LDAP" "PEM"
+      "Kerberos" "CVS" "UNIX" " SMB" "LDAP" "PEM" "SUDO"
       "[sudo]" "Repeat" "Bad" "Retype")
     t)
    " +\\)"

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From: Web <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Web.DE>
Subject: Request for an improvement
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:38:25 +0200

Hello!

Playing with Ansible in a shell buffer Ansible asks me for a:

	SUDO password: 

And comint-mode does not recognise this as a prompt to input a password…

Could comint-password-prompt-regexp be enhanced by default by adding this text to it?

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Greetings

   Pete

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