GNU bug report logs - #43003
28.0.50; comint-password-prompt-regexp too restrictive

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Reported by: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>

Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 21:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 43003 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Subject: bug#43003: 28.0.50; comint-password-prompt-regexp too restrictive
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:44:58 +0200

>>>>> On Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:46:24 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> said:

    Lars> Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:
    >> Iʼm finding it hard to come up with a case where stripping the \r
    >> fails (famous last words).

    Lars> Yeah, it's pretty unlikely.  Perhaps if somebody has customised
    Lars> comint-password-prompt-regexp to be "Password:\r\n", and then it'd no
    Lars> longer match...

Iʼm not aware of any tools that emit \r and/or \n *after* the password
prompt, so I think thatʼs unlikely.

Robert
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