Subject: bug#17839: 24.4.50; read-passwd echoes password input in non-interactive sessions

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:46:55 +0200

Sebastian Wiesner <[email-masked]> writes:

> In a non-interactive session, i.e. "emacs -Q --batch …", `read-passwd'
> currently echoes the password input on the TTY.

Batch mode isn't designed for interaction.  It uses standard I/O,
oblivious to who is consuming the input.

Andreas.

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