GNU bug report logs - #29906
27.0.50; Emacs prompts for passwords in GUI dialog instead of minibuffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)

Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:13:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 29906 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>
Cc: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 29906 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29906: 27.0.50;
 Emacs prompts for passwords in GUI dialog instead of minibuffer
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:33:51 -0500

Daiki Ueno wrote:

>> ??? I see pinentry.el in all versions of Emacs starting from 25.1.
>
> Oops, you are right (forgot about it).  Then, perhaps it might be safer
> to move it to obsolete, but I presume the impact of the removal is not
> that big.

FWIW, it does seem unusual to me to delete a library altogether.
Emacs normally moves things to obsolete/ first.
Or obsolete/pinentry.el could just contain a single line:
 (setq epa-pinentry-mode 'loopback)
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