patch for distribution getpass.py

[David B Terrell]

getpass (on unix anyway) should print the prompt to stderr or better
yet /dev/tty (I was too lazy to implement that one) and get the
prompt from /dev/tty.  This way you can use redirection of stdin or
stdout but still prompt the user for password input.

--- getpass.py.orig	Tue Feb 27 13:23:31 2001
+++ getpass.py	Fri Aug 31 17:14:49 2001
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     finally:
         termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old)
 
-    sys.stdout.write('\n')
+    sys.stderr.write('\n')
     return passwd
 
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     import sys
     prompt = str(prompt)
     if prompt:
-        sys.stdout.write(prompt)
+        sys.stderr.write(prompt)
     line = sys.stdin.readline()
     if not line:
         raise EOFError


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