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Can't correct password using pinentry tty
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Description

The read_password function in pinentry-tty.c reads characters one at a time from
the terminal. But, it doesn't respect the backspace character.

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neal added projects: pinentry, Bug Report.May 1 2015, 4:34 PM
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neal closed this task as Resolved.May 2 2015, 9:47 PM
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Fixed in:

commit 189ab07e94dc2d4103c1edf00e15e0156df89297
Author: Neal H. Walfield <neal@gnu.org>
Date: Fri May 1 20:35:59 2015 +0200

When reading the pin, correctly handle backspace.

* tty/pinentry-tty.c (read_password): Handle backspace.

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