--- expect-5.38/exp_chan.c.orig 2002-02-11 21:00:55.000000000 -0500
+++ expect-5.38/exp_chan.c      2004-01-23 18:35:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@
    esPtr->buffer = Tcl_NewStringObj("",0);
    Tcl_IncrRefCount(esPtr->buffer);
    esPtr->umsize = exp_default_match_max;
+    esPtr->umsize_changed = exp_default_match_max_changed;
    /* this will reallocate object with an appropriate sized buffer */
    expAdjust(esPtr);

--- expect-5.38/exp_command.h.orig      2002-04-07 18:57:20.000000000 -0400
+++ expect-5.38/exp_command.h   2004-01-23 18:35:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
EXTERN char *          exp_get_var _ANSI_ARGS_((Tcl_Interp *,char *));

EXTERN int exp_default_match_max;
+EXTERN int exp_default_match_max_changed;
EXTERN int exp_default_parity;
EXTERN int exp_default_rm_nulls;

@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@
    int msize;         /* # of bytes that buffer can hold (max) */
    int umsize;                /* # of bytes (min) that is guaranteed to match */
                       /* this comes from match_max command */
+    int umsize_changed;        /* is umsize changed by user?  */
    int printed;       /* # of bytes written to stdout (if logging on) */
                        /* but not actually returned via a match yet */
    int echoed;                /* additional # of bytes (beyond "printed" above) */
--- expect-5.38/expect.c.orig   2002-04-07 19:00:33.000000000 -0400
+++ expect-5.38/expect.c        2004-01-23 18:35:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -41,8 +41,17 @@
#include "tcldbg.h"
#endif

+/* The initial length is 2000. We increment it by 2000. The maximum
+   is 8MB (0x800000).  */
+#define EXP_MATCH_MAX          2000
+#define EXP_MATCH_INC          2000
+#define EXP_MATCH_STEP_LIMIT   0x700000
+#define EXP_MATCH_LIMIT                0x800000
+#define EXP_MATCH_LIMIT_QUOTE  "0x800000"
+
/* initial length of strings that we can guarantee patterns can match */
-int exp_default_match_max =    2000;
+int exp_default_match_max =    EXP_MATCH_MAX;
+int exp_default_match_max_changed = 0;
#define INIT_EXPECT_TIMEOUT_LIT        "10"    /* seconds */
#define INIT_EXPECT_TIMEOUT    10      /* seconds */
int exp_default_parity =       TRUE;
@@ -1618,6 +1627,76 @@
    return newsize;
}

+/* returns # of bytes until we see a newline at the end or EOF.  */
+/*ARGSUSED*/
+static int
+expReadNewLine(interp,esPtr,save_flags) /* INTL */
+Tcl_Interp *interp;
+ExpState *esPtr;
+int save_flags;
+{
+    int size;
+    int exp_size;
+    int full_size;
+    int count;
+    char *str;
+
+    count = 0;
+    for (;;) {
+       exp_size = expSizeGet(esPtr);
+
+       /* When we reach the limit, we will only read one char at a
+          time.  */
+       if (esPtr->umsize >= EXP_MATCH_STEP_LIMIT)
+           size = TCL_UTF_MAX;
+       else
+           size = exp_size;
+
+       if (exp_size + TCL_UTF_MAX >= esPtr->msize) {
+           if (esPtr->umsize >= EXP_MATCH_LIMIT) {
+               expDiagLogU("WARNING: interact buffer is full. probably your program\r\n");
+               expDiagLogU("is not interactive or has a very long output line. The\r\n");
+               expDiagLogU("current limit is " EXP_MATCH_LIMIT_QUOTE ".\r\n");
+               expDiagLogU("Dumping first half of buffer in order to continue\r\n");
+               expDiagLogU("Recommend you enlarge the buffer.\r\n");
+               exp_buffer_shuffle(interp,esPtr,save_flags,EXPECT_OUT,"expect");
+               return count;
+           }
+           else {
+               esPtr->umsize += EXP_MATCH_INC;
+               expAdjust(esPtr);
+           }
+       }
+
+       full_size = esPtr->msize - (size / TCL_UTF_MAX);
+       size = Tcl_ReadChars(esPtr->channel,
+                       esPtr->buffer,
+                       full_size,
+                       1 /* append */);
+       if (size > 0) {
+           count += size;
+           /* We try again if there are more to read and we haven't
+              seen a newline at the end. */
+           if (size == full_size) {
+               str = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(esPtr->buffer, &size);
+               if (str[size - 1] != '\n')
+                   continue;
+           }
+       }
+       else {
+           /* It is even trickier. We got an error from read. We have
+              to recover from it. Let's make sure the size of
+              buffer is correct. It can be corrupted. */
+           str = Tcl_GetString(esPtr->buffer);
+           Tcl_SetObjLength(esPtr->buffer, strlen(str));
+       }
+
+       break;
+    }
+
+    return count;
+}
+
/* returns # of bytes read or (non-positive) error of form EXP_XXX */
/* returns 0 for end of file */
/* If timeout is non-zero, set an alarm before doing the read, else assume */
@@ -1632,6 +1711,8 @@
{
    int cc = EXP_TIMEOUT;
    int size = expSizeGet(esPtr);
+    int full_size;
+    int count;

    if (size + TCL_UTF_MAX >= esPtr->msize)
       exp_buffer_shuffle(interp,esPtr,save_flags,EXPECT_OUT,"expect");
@@ -1648,11 +1729,43 @@
    }
#endif

-
+    /* FIXME: If we ask less than what is available in the tcl buffer
+       when tcl has seen EOF, we will throw away the remaining data
+       since the next read will get EOF. Since expect is line-oriented,
+       we exand our buffer to get EOF or the next newline at the end of
+       the input buffer. I don't know if it is the right fix.  H.J. */
+    count = 0;
+    full_size = esPtr->msize - (size / TCL_UTF_MAX);
    cc = Tcl_ReadChars(esPtr->channel,
-           esPtr->buffer,
-           esPtr->msize - (size / TCL_UTF_MAX),
-           1 /* append */);
+               esPtr->buffer,
+               full_size,
+               1 /* append */);
+    if (cc > 0) {
+       count += cc;
+       /* It gets very tricky. There are more to read. We will expand
+          our buffer and get EOF or a newline at the end unless the
+          buffer length has been changed.  */
+       if (cc == full_size) {
+           char *str;
+           str = Tcl_GetStringFromObj(esPtr->buffer, &size);
+           if (str[size - 1] != '\n') {
+               if (esPtr->umsize_changed) {
+                   char buf[20];       /* big enough for 64bit int in hex.  */
+                   snprintf(buf,sizeof(buf),"0x%x", esPtr->umsize);
+                   expDiagLogU("WARNING: interact buffer is not large enough to hold\r\n");
+                   expDiagLogU("all output. probably your program is not interactive or\r\n");
+                   expDiagLogU("has a very long output line. The current limit is ");
+                   expDiagLogU(buf);
+                   expDiagLogU(".\r\n");
+               }
+               else {
+                   cc = expReadNewLine(interp,esPtr,save_flags);
+                   if (cc > 0)
+                       count += cc;
+               }
+           }
+       }
+    }
    i_read_errno = errno;

#ifdef SIMPLE_EVENT
@@ -1673,7 +1786,7 @@
       }
    }
#endif
-    return cc;
+    return count > 0 ? count : cc;
}

/*
@@ -2746,8 +2859,14 @@
       return(TCL_ERROR);
    }

-    if (Default) exp_default_match_max = size;
-    else esPtr->umsize = size;
+    if (Default) {
+       exp_default_match_max = size;
+       exp_default_match_max_changed = 1;
+    }
+    else {
+       esPtr->umsize = size;
+       esPtr->umsize_changed = 1;
+    }

    return(TCL_OK);
}