RFC use APR's getpass() instead of native getpass() on HP-UX?

2004-12-01 Thread Jeff Trawick
HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently truncates after 8 characters. There are Apache httpd and Subversion users grappling with this limit. (It caused a some puzzlement for me with cvs too, but APR won't help that ;) ) The hint from Joe is to set ac_cv_func_getpas

Re: RFC use APR's getpass() instead of native getpass() on HP-UX?

2004-12-01 Thread Joe Orton
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:36:32AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote: > HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently > truncates after 8 characters. There are Apache httpd and Subversion > users grappling with this limit. (It caused a some puzzlement for me > with cvs too, but A

Re: RFC use APR's getpass() instead of native getpass() on HP-UX?

2004-12-01 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Joe makes a good point, +1 for this change when we roll over into 2.0. Bill At 01:30 PM 12/1/2004, Joe Orton wrote: >On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:36:32AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote: >> HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently >> truncates after 8 characters. There are

Re: RFC use APR's getpass() instead of native getpass() on HP-UX?

2004-12-03 Thread Jeff Trawick
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:30:43 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:36:32AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote: > > > > HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently > > truncates after 8 characters. There are Apache httpd and Subversion > > users

Re: RFC use APR's getpass() instead of native getpass() on HP-UX?

2004-12-03 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
At 11:09 AM 12/3/2004, Jeff Trawick wrote: >On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:30:43 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 09:36:32AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote: >> >> > HP-UX apparently has no other function than getpass(), and it silently >> > truncates after 8 characters. Th

Re: RFC use APR's getpass() instead of native getpass() on HP-UX?

2004-12-03 Thread Joe Orton
On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:09:23PM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote: > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:30:43 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > But the trade-off is also against backwards-compatibility of APR, right? > > Use of long passwords could "break" when upgrading to a new version of > > APR

Re: RFC use APR's getpass() instead of native getpass() on HP-UX?

2004-12-04 Thread Jeff Trawick
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:31:56 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 12:09:23PM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:30:43 +, Joe Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > > > > But the trade-off is also against backwards-compatibility of APR, rig