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Re: Bug#536888: ITP: tlock -- Terminal locker



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Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org> (14/07/2009):
> This package will also provide the library packages librpass0 and librpass0-dev,
> with long description:
> 
>  Static library installed with tlock, it provides a function readpass() that
>  reads in a password string from standard input of process and returns it  back,
>  AS  IS, to the calling application. While fetching password from standard
>  input, readpass first turns off the echo of input characters  and the
>  generation of signals through keystrokes, reads in the password, turns the
>  character echo and signal generation back on, and returns to the calling
>  application a character pointer pointing at the password string.

Do we really need this standalone library?! And please, pretty please,
stop putting the SONAME in the -dev package name when it isn't needed.
(Also, the first word of the description for this dynamic library is
“static”?)

Mraw,
KiBi.
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