GNU bug report logs - #39111
27.0.60; Tramp offers to save password in ~/.authinfo instead of ~/.authinfo.gpg

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pankaj Jangid <p4j <at> j4d.net>

Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.60

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From: Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 39111 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39111: [Re] bug#39111: 27.0.60; Tramp offers to save password in ~/.authinfo instead of ~/.authinfo.gpg
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:21:38 +0000
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Hello Michael,

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> Thierry Volpiatto <thievol <at> posteo.net> writes:
>
> Hi Thierry,
>
>>> It's a dirty trick to be applied only for this use case. I've added a
>>> comment to tramp-read-passwd explaining this, pushed to master.
>>
>> Note that this is (was) breaking async.el see
>> https://github.com/jwiegley/emacs-async/issues/80.
>
> I see. Do you believe we shall spend a variable, which could control
> this behavior (and could be let-bound in async.el)?

Hmm, I have no strong opinion on this, we are now using -q instead of -Q
and it seems to work fine. If emacs -q is loading much slower than with
-Q, so yes this would be a good reason for introducing a variable but I
have no clue it is true.

Thanks.

-- 
Thierry
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