Semantics of !~ operator

[Gerald Vogt]

On 28/04/15 21:26, A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk wrote:
> (7)    update request {
> (7)  EXPAND %{outer.request:Called-Station-SSID}
> (7)     --> MYSSID
> (7)     Called-Station-SSID := "MYSSID"
> (7)    } # update request = noop
> (7)     if ( Called-Station-SSID )
> (7)     if ( Called-Station-SSID )  -> TRUE
> (7)    if ( Called-Station-SSID )  {
> (7)     update reply {
> (7)  EXPAND 3: Called-Station-SSID = %{Called-Station-SSID}
> (7)     --> 3: Called-Station-SSID = MYSSID
> (7)     Reply-Message += "3: Called-Station-SSID = MYSSID"
>
>
> so %{outer.request:Called-Station-SSID} is required...and is picked up.

Yes, I know that. But in 
<0A74CE5E-8459-465C-A896-81CBDE0F9CF3 at deployingradius.com> Alan wrote:

>   You should be able to do:
>
> update request {
> 	Called-Station-SSID := &outer.request:Called-Station-SSID
> }
>
>   If that doesn't work, it's likely a bug.

Others suggested the same or similar. But that doesn't work.

"%{outer.request:Called-Station-SSID}" works.
&outer.request:Called-Station-SSID works not.

I am not supposed to be too pedantic about the "should" thus I can only 
put these results here and let someone conclude who knows the internals 
of freeradius.

-Gerald