GNU bug report logs - #35540
Installer displays encrypted partition password entry in cleartext

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Message #26 received at 35540 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>, 35540 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35540: Installer displays encrypted partition password entry
 in cleartext
Date: Sun, 5 May 2019 16:36:57 +0200

On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 01:04:03PM +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > #2 would please everybody, but I do not know what widgets Newt
> > provides for this.  Mathieu, would you know if changing the
> > visibility with e.g. a checkbox is doable?
> 
> You'll find a patch attached that adds a checkbox to toggle password
> hiding. Every password input now has such a checkbox, WDYT?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mathieu


This looks great and appears to work fine (I did not finish the
installation due to the wpa-supplicant bug).  “Hide” of course has no
translations yet.

Regards,
Florian

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