GNU bug report logs - #33826
26.1; auth-source does not parse netrc files as documented

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Gerber <dg <at> atufi.org>

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 33826 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Daniel Gerber <dg <at> atufi.org>
Cc: 33826 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33826: 26.1;
 auth-source does not parse netrc files as documented
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 01:19:03 +0200

Daniel Gerber <dg <at> atufi.org> writes:

> In describing "netrc" files, (info "(auth) Help for users") says that
> "The ‘machine’ is the server [...] You can also use ‘host’".
> But the code does not quite support `host`:
> `auth-source-netrc-parse-entries` starts a new entry only with the
> keyword `machine`.

Yup; I've now removed that mention from the documentation.

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