I thought this would make expect more efficient, reducing the size of the

buffer that it had to match in but perhaps this is causing the mysterious
hangs.

diff --git a/build/update_oldconfig b/build/update_oldconfig
index b74323d..8944617 100755 (executable)
--- a/build/update_oldconfig
+++ b/build/update_oldconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 log_user 0
 set spawnid [spawn make oldconfig]
 
-match_max 200
+#match_max 200
 
 # need to allow for the config tool to be built initially
 set timeout 30