Bug#182605: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#182605: Is #182605 really belonging to passwd?

[Steve Langasek]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 01:42:05AM +0300, Alexander Gattin wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 05:36:29PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > Yes, I see this (pre-0.80 version):
> > > 1. fprintf(stderr, "%s", prompt);
> > > 2. tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSAFLUSH, ...);
> > > 3. read(STDIN_FILENO, ...);
> > > 4. tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSADRAIN, ...);

> > > OK. Even having 2, 1, 3, 4 sequence now, don't you
> > > think it's useful to have fflush(stderr) immediately
> > > after fprintf(stderr, ...)?

> > Sorry, what problem are you trying to solve?

> Excuse me for the confusion. I talk her about another
> issue, similar to what we have in bug #333138.

> Now I tend to agree with Robert that this is a bug,
> because fact of stdin being or not being tty should not
> affect buffering/flushing of stdout/stderr. At least
> this behaviour is rather strange and unexpected to
> majority of *nix users, admins and programmers.

It's not unusual for password-related tools to insist on a tty; though
granted, misc_conv allows non-tty conversations, so this is still a bug,
just not one I'd consider very serious.  Anyway, if you can send me a patch,
I'll see about getting a fix pushed upstream.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon at debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/
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