[rancid] clogin adding 'exit' command?

[heasley]

Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 09:43:08PM +0100, Howard Jones:
> My 3.6 installation has a bunch of local tweaks (to control_rancid),
> so I can't upgrade without a bit of planning.
> However, I just installed 3.8 alongside 3.6 (different user, different
> dir) and with no changes, I get:
> 
>     lb02.dc1: missed cmd(s): modify cli preference pager disabled
> display-threshold 0
> 
> but the quit detection part seems to work OK.
> 
> However, changing the TERM to screen-w in bigip.pm *doesn't* resolve
> that missed cmd.

clogin in 3.8 has code to set tty parameters; width.  i was hoping that
would fix the problem.  if you're sure you're using the 3.8 clogin, then
apparently it doesnt fix it.

> So the plot thickens.
> 
> I'll investigate a bit more tomorrow.
> 
> On 28 August 2018 at 18:37, heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:
> > Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 04:58:54PM +0100, Howard Jones:
> >> On 28 August 2018 at 14:48, heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > ah, its been changed in the big-ip <= v10.x script, not the >=11.x script.
> >> > Would you test changing this to vt100-w?
> >>
> >> No, vt100-w doesn't work with bigip13:
> >>
> >>     Warning, can't fully initialize terminal, TERM is set to
> >> "vt100-w", status (0)
> >>     No entry for terminal type "vt100-w";
> >
> > grumble.  One last bit; could you test clogin from ranicd 3.8 without altering
> > TERM?