GNU bug report logs - #1340
M-x shell-command sudo

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:10:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 1340 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 1340 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1340: M-x shell-command sudo
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:08:30 +0200

David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com> writes:

> M-x shell-command RET sudo touch /test RET
>
> will show sudo's password prompt in the echo area which looks like a
> minibuffer prompt.

I'm unable to reproduce this bug in Emacs 27.  Instead I just get:

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sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified
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So I'm guessing this is no longer relevant after ten years, and I'm
closing this bug report.  If this is still an issue, please reopen.

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