From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2A451F953 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:29:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231872AbhJ2Lb2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:31:28 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:60216 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231670AbhJ2Lb1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:31:27 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x332.google.com (mail-wm1-x332.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::332]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F554C061570; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:28:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x332.google.com with SMTP id v127so8555275wme.5; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:28:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject:content-language :from:to:references:cc:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3OtKDZH6u6meon+NIAzXtkJKHzFLB40f75M3A4SVnoQ=; b=DPBI5WMO3AFOivb+NmVNMc/+/F1Tw33ZE9JlAXWdin/wLiglRat5+6HOQOvrk5Pz8X g7GNpHGg4wOhghoCPLQhe87Rd2ZDLjfOJrBK5IGUf41I73FBcLXyqV1YswbVYi5TXU75 58gsAXTOQbEpqkq4RYtw2IOLB6OQFTL0KAqzD9Vb2HMfWG2vpPJhNN4dgt5blL5fPd4X XgVxY+EXapkyQHhCLVvYdBMCKQwcZnbXsP1X80TSTR2wh0SGGPXGLauJhv7iXfxjYu2O vFHF44nxWoJNFWPNDbgwDpLWjVsmvxl+0t7q2zJ0Wbd7Rd92+Jh3UWsabYd7VVigpE70 bysw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:from:to:references:cc:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3OtKDZH6u6meon+NIAzXtkJKHzFLB40f75M3A4SVnoQ=; b=L2zQOHnGnkmynhEhVHkavwuCSEJc9Fqy/EbE5GHmIP3UIqa6UTcq+ZWg9OchimcX9x 6EegfJMrDFetRWfNMz59b0xdE0V1x+8p+9vbYJSaPi/5ujRae0bHIFTtdJjnN6bqShNr MZwJN3buhdIesYl4ZH9mkC9gPMnAYLvy8xOfMdWxL3aickxoGupyo891IBGRgHVFx8a7 XGIx8ju4QPqh4o5L+ejtZy3LKXWhvkeNoMfrCp/84FsLDfkDy3smGAJjd2/5jHih2pZV bXMOaW5QH9v2X2/PzwgYSW/KFksVGp3GbBTXwnfv5yY1d75XF+mb0a8Q7y80FUtFxrsS 5esg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531lLRyxD7R2Kc2mrlMa6KVe2C+hSjomnL/hFSPWGrKjt90SEBaI 0BHAlch9Hl2sF1kfCRZ02h1jM5cRgM0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyDPipSCgdKnazFNp9RAmjmx3v3lB1R0SKAnpklGZ3DKJr5RE1aP3ZcUAZGcruRp+oOBsMKnQ== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:3504:: with SMTP id c4mr7893077wma.160.1635506937856; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.168.10.11] ([170.253.36.171]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p1sm8743041wmq.23.2021.10.29.04.28.57 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 29 Oct 2021 04:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <73ac38a2-c287-4cc1-4e9c-0f9766ac4c0c@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:28:56 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.2.1 Subject: Re: Is getpass(3) really obsolete? Content-Language: en-US From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" To: Libc-alpha , linux-man References: Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "tech@openbsd.org" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org [Add a few CCs, since I mentioned them.] On 10/29/21 13:15, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi, > > As the manual pages says, SUSv2 marked it as LEGACY, and POSIX doesn't > have it at all.  The manual page goes further and says "This function is > obsolete. Do not use it." in its first lines. > > But, glibc doesn't seem to have deprecated this function at all.  And it > seems to be the most portable way to get a password, even if it's not in > POSIX. > > BSDs have readpassphrase(3), but glibc doesn't, so unless you recommend OpenBSD also marks getpass(3) as obsolete and recommends readpassphrase(3): > using readpassphrase(3) from libbsd, or plan to add it to glibc, I think > getpass(3) should be the recommended function in Linux, and therefore we > should remove the hard words against it. > > As a real example, git(1) uses getpass(3). > > > What are your thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Alex > > -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/