-re "\b+" { exp_continue } in clogin?

Saku Ytti saku+rancid at ytti.fi
Sun Oct 2 06:24:26 UTC 2005


On (2005-10-02 02:09 +0000), john heasley wrote:

> > my module does not funcition properly, and when I comment:
> >                 -re "\b+"                       { exp_continue }
> > out in clogin, it fixes the problem. Now where in practice is the above needed?
> 
> there are two loops (which can actually be reduced to one) in run_commands()
> where you will need to handle this.  see clogin.

 Now I'm but confused, I know where these are located and I can fix my
problem by commenting them out. But what I'm trying to find out, what's 
the purpose of these, eg. what could I have broken by commenting them
out as I have difficulties imagining where they might be needed.

Thanks,
-- 
  ++ytti



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