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diff --git a/commands/expect.py b/commands/expect.py
index 5a7d7dba..45921794 100644
--- a/commands/expect.py
+++ b/commands/expect.py
@@ -188,8 +188,23 @@ def main():
startd = datetime.datetime.now()
try:
- out, rc = pexpect.runu(args, timeout=timeout, withexitstatus=True,
- events=events, cwd=chdir, echo=echo)
+ try:
+ # Prefer pexpect.run from pexpect>=4
+ out, rc = pexpect.run(args, timeout=timeout, withexitstatus=True,
+ events=events, cwd=chdir, echo=echo,
+ encoding='utf-8')
+ except TypeError:
+ # Use pexpect.runu in pexpect>=3.3,<4
+ out, rc = pexpect.runu(args, timeout=timeout, withexitstatus=True,
+ events=events, cwd=chdir, echo=echo)
+ except (TypeError, AttributeError), e:
+ # This should catch all insufficient versions of pexpect
+ # We deem them insufficient for their lack of ability to specify
+ # to not echo responses via the run/runu functions, which would
+ # potentially leak sensentive information
+ module.fail_json(msg='Insufficient version of pexpect installed '
+ '(%s), this module requires pexpect>=3.3. '
+ 'Error was %s' % (pexpect.__version__, e))
except pexpect.ExceptionPexpect, e:
module.fail_json(msg='%s' % e)