SF bug 557704: netrc module can't handle all passwords
Let netrc handle entries with login fields (mail servers for instance)
by having login default to ''.
Backport candidate.
diff --git a/Lib/netrc.py b/Lib/netrc.py
index 1d65dbe..5493d77 100644
--- a/Lib/netrc.py
+++ b/Lib/netrc.py
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@
"bad toplevel token %r" % tt, file, lexer.lineno)
# We're looking at start of an entry for a named machine or default.
- login = account = password = None
+ login = ''
+ account = password = None
self.hosts[entryname] = {}
while 1:
tt = lexer.get_token()
if (tt=='' or tt == 'machine' or
tt == 'default' or tt =='macdef'):
- if login and password:
+ if password:
self.hosts[entryname] = (login, account, password)
lexer.push_token(tt)
break