bug#43003: 28.0.50; comint-password-prompt-regexp too restrictive

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 01 Sep 2020 17:06:50 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> 
>>>>> said:

    Lars> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
    >> >> -       (string-match comint-password-prompt-regexp string))
    >> >> +       (string-match comint-password-prompt-regexp
    >> >> +                        (replace-regexp-in-string "\r" "" string)))
    >> 
    Lars> Yes, that makes sense to me.
    >> 
    >> Done in 2e3ec40293

    Lars> One thought -- just as a precaution, would it make sense to do this
    Lars> replacement only if the \r is at the start of a line, and it's not
    Lars> followed by a \n?  I'm just slightly worried that there may be
    Lars> repercussions on systems that use \r\n as end-of-line markers...  it
    Lars> probably makes no difference here, but...

Iʼm finding it hard to come up with a case where stripping the \r
fails (famous last words).

Robert