[issue11416] netrc module does not handle multiple entries for a single host

[saffroy]

New submission from saffroy <saffroy at gmail.com>:

I have a netrc file with two entries for the same host. The netrc module only returns the last entry.

$ cat > .netrc
machine host.com
        login foo
        password foo

machine host.com
        login bar
        password bar

$ python -c 'import netrc; print netrc.netrc()'
machine host.com
        login 'bar'
        password 'bar'

My Linux ftp clients (ftp, lftp) always use the first entry for a given host. Also lftp can use the password from the proper entry if I supply the host and login.

With the netrc module in Python 2.6.6 (as tested on Debian Squeeze), I can only retrieve the last entry.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 130193
nosy: saffroy
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: netrc module does not handle multiple entries for a single host
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6

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