#426192 expect() escaping issues

Package:
libexpect-perl
Source:
libexpect-perl
Submitter:
Joey Hess
Date:
2010-08-15 09:48:07 UTC
Severity:
normal
#426192#5
Date:
2007-05-27 03:18:50 UTC
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joey@kodama:~>perl -we 'use strict; use Expect; my $e=Expect->spawn("ls"); $e->expect(0, [q{[} => sub {}])'
Unmatched [ in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/[ <-- HERE ()/ at /usr/share/perl5/Expect.pm line 707.
joey@kodama:~>perl -we 'use strict; use Expect; my $e=Expect->spawn("ls"); $e->expect(0, ["-re" , q{[} => sub {}])'
Unmatched [ in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/[ <-- HERE ()/ at /usr/share/perl5/Expect.pm line 707.

According to the documentation, the '[' in the first expression should not be interpreted as
a regexp.
#426192#8
Date:
2008-11-27 19:21:47 UTC
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Forwarded to upstream, ID 2334738.

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2334738&group_id=6894&atid=106894
#426192#13
Date:
2010-08-15 09:19:40 UTC
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The forwarded status didn't work as expected, let's try again.

For id, see previous message
#426192#16
Date:
2010-08-15 09:19:40 UTC
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The forwarded status didn't work as expected, let's try again.

For id, see previous message