Subject: bug#58985: 29.0.50; Have auth-source-pass behave more like other back ends

From: "J.P." <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 21:26:42 -0800

Akib Azmain Turja <[email-masked]> writes:

> "J.P." <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> --- a/doc/misc/erc.texi
>> +++ b/doc/misc/erc.texi
>> @@ -861,7 +861,8 @@ Connecting
>>  @code{erc-auth-source-search}.  It tries to merge relevant contextual
>>  parameters with those provided or discovered from the logical connection
>>  or the underlying transport.  Some auth-source back ends may not be
>> -compatible; netrc, plstore, json, and secrets are currently supported.
>> +compatible; netrc, plstore, json, secrets, and pass are currently
>> +supported.
>>  @end defopt
>
> Is pass really unsupported?  I have been using pass with ERC without any
> problem.  Am I lucky?

It appears you are lucky. Please see toward the bottom of

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/test/lisp/erc/erc-services-tests.el?id=ef362750#n452