(testsuite) Don't and start of prompt pattern in sync_after_int.expect-fixes

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/test/lib/library.exp b/test/lib/library.exp
index 1aebfa3e..a2b7c218 100644
--- a/test/lib/library.exp
+++ b/test/lib/library.exp
@@ -918,7 +918,11 @@ proc sync_after_int {{prompt /@}} {
         # inputrc starting from bash 4.1. This is not enough; we need to run tests
         # against bash-4.0 as well.
         # See http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-bash@gnu.org/msg07038.html
-        expect -re "^(\\^C)?\\r\\n$prompt$"
+
+        # Don't anchor the start; even though it would be bizzare for
+        # something to show up.
+        # See http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/bash-completion-devel/2010-February/002625.html
+        expect -re ".*(\\^C)?\\r\\n$prompt$"
     } else {
         # Slow alternative is to sleep and hope we don't match the first of
         # two prompts