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Support `nixos-rebuild --use-remote-sudo` in `comint-password-prompt-regexp`

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From: s.walinder <at> gmail.com
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Support `nixos-rebuild --use-remote-sudo` in
 `comint-password-prompt-regexp`
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:44:20 +0100

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Tags: patch

Hello!

In NixOS, when running the command `nixos-rebuild` with the argument `--use-remote-sudo`, the password is asked for with the prompt "bash Password:".

This adds support for this in `comint-password-prompt-regexp`.

I added a test also.

Thoughts?

In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
3.24.43, cairo version 1.18.2)
Repository revision: e41a7d8127423307018f369e8739319f1de9b3fa
Repository branch: master
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101014
System Description: NixOS 24.11 (Vicuna)

Configured using:
 'configure
 --prefix=/nix/store/wv2ap96hvr0ilf575mwszsva6rvgqdi1-emacs-git-20250107.0
 --disable-build-details --with-modules --with-x-toolkit=gtk3
 --with-cairo --with-xft --with-compress-install
 --with-toolkit-scroll-bars --with-native-compilation
 --without-imagemagick --with-mailutils --without-small-ja-dic
 --with-tree-sitter --with-xinput2 --without-xwidgets --with-dbus
 --with-selinux'

[0001-Added-nixos-rebuild-use-remote-sudo-password-prompt.patch (text/patch, attachment)]

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