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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This also occurs on FWSM configs. I'll bet it is in this section of rancid,<BR>
in the ShowVersion function.<BR>
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/^serial number:\s+(.*)$/i &&<BR>
ProcessHistory("COMMENTS","keysort","C1", "!Serial Number: $1")<BR>
&&<BR>
next;<BR>
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Note: No newline is appended.<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Skye Hagen<BR>
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On 1/11/12 9:41 PM, "Dale Shaw" <dale.shaw+rancid-discuss@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>
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> Hi all,<BR>
><BR>
> I recently upgraded from RANCID 2.3.3 to 2.3.6.<BR>
><BR>
> I noticed a bunch of diffs generated on our Cisco ASA firewalls after<BR>
> a recent collection.<BR>
><BR>
> Example:<BR>
><BR>
> dale@box:.../firewalls/configs$ cvs diff -D '1 day ago' par-fw01<BR>
> Index: par-fw01<BR>
> ===================================================================<BR>
> RCS file:<BR>
> /usr/local/rancid/var/CVS/firewalls/configs/par-fw01,v<BR>
> retrieving revision 1.17<BR>
> retrieving revision 1.18<BR>
> diff -r1.17 -r1.18<BR>
> 8,9c8<BR>
> < !Serial Number: JMXXXXXXPQ<BR>
> < !<BR>
> ---<BR>
>> !Serial Number: JMXXXXXXPQ!<BR>
> dale@box:.../firewalls/configs$<BR>
><BR>
> Note the exclamation mark ("!") appended to the serial number string.<BR>
> This does not appear in the command output when entered interactively.<BR>
><BR>
> There seem to be a few possible culprits mentioned in the CHANGES file<BR>
> between 2.3.3 and 2.3.6.<BR>
><BR>
> Our ASAs are running software release 7.0(x).<BR>
><BR>
> Cheers,<BR>
> Dale<BR>
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