problems with PATTERN/LINE in ainsl(1)

[Darshaka Pathirana]

On 10/15/2009 10:12 PM, Michael Tautschnig wrote:
>> On 30.09.2009 09:02, Juergen Kahnert wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 03:06:41AM +0200, Darshaka Pathirana wrote:
>>>>>> ainsl -a $target/etc/sudoers "%adm ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/su -[mp]"
>>>> Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>>> try this as a quick workaround:
>>>
>>>     ainsl -a $target/etc/sudoers '%adm ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/su -[mp]' '^%adm ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/su -.mp.$'
>> Thx very much. Figured that out a bit later (but was to lazy to post
>> it here).
>>
>> Nevertheless the question is: is it a mistake on my side?
>>
> 
> I don't think so, I think it's a weakness in ainsl. And the \[ \] probably
> doesn't work either because the shell will strip off the \, you'll need
> something like \\[ or even \\\[.
> 
> Thomas, shouldn't ainsl not escape anything while matching and instead use \Q
> and \E in the match operation to disable regexp specials? Of course, it should
> take care of ^ and $ and change that to ^\Q$line\E$.

Any progress on this?

Greetings,
 - Darsaha