Re: auth-sources default

[Michael Piotrowski <mxp@dynalabs.de>]

On 2011-02-12, Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> wrote:

>> At least for me, the default setting of `auth-sources'--or any other
>> setting where `auth-sources' just contains strings--doesn't seem to work
>> in the new version of auth-sources.el.  The problem seems to be in
>> `auth-source-backend-parse': `auth-source-backend-parse-parameters' is
>> called with the original entry (i.e., a plain string) in any case, and
>> then `plist-get' fails.
>
>> As a workaround one can set `auth-sources' to a plist, but I guess it
>> would be good if the default worked ;-)
>
> I'm not sure what you're seeing but it works for me:
>
> (auth-source-backend-parse "test")
>
> => [object auth-source-backend "test" netrc "test" t t t
> auth-source-netrc-create auth-source-netrc-search]

Well, I get

  Malformed property list: "test", "test"

> Try to run this:
>
> (mapcar 'auth-source-backend-parse auth-sources)
>
> and check the output.  It should be a list of backend instances like
> above.

Unfortunately not.  It works when `auth-sources' is a plist such as

  (:source "~/.authinfo" :host t :protocol t)

but not when it's a list of strings.

I inserted

  (message "%S // %S" entry backend)

at the start of `auth-source-backend-parse-parameters'.  When evaluating
(auth-source-backend-parse "test"), I get the following output:

  "test" // [object auth-source-backend "test" netrc "test" t t t auth-source-netrc-create auth-source-netrc-search]
  (:source "test") // [object auth-source-backend "test" netrc "test" t t t auth-source-netrc-create auth-source-netrc-search]

> Maybe you still have an old .elc file?  Or you're using Emacs'
> auth-source.el, which hasn't been updated yet?

No, I checked this.  I'm using XEmacs 21.4.22; according to the
documentation, GNU Emacs' `plist-get' "accepts a malformed plist
argument".  This is not the case in XEmacs--maybe that's the problem?

Greetings

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Dr.-Ing. Michael Piotrowski, M.A.                   <mxp@dynalabs.de>
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