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27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd

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Message #67 received at 30186-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 30186-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30186: 27.0.50; Password is not hidden in read-passwd
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:10:06 +0000

Hello, Eli and Juri.

On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 23:43:34 +0200, Juri Linkov wrote:
> >> So let's do that now.  I think the problem with read-passwd is a
> >> security issue, so it should go to emacs-26, do you agree?

> > Yes, i think it should go into emacs-26.

> > Juri, do you see any problem with just removing that
> > with-silent-modifications altogether?  I.e. this:

> I agree that removing with-silent-modifications would be
> the best fix.  Thanks for taking care of this.

Thanks.  I've made this change and committed it to the emacs-26 branch.

I'm closing the bug with this post.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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