---- Reported by patrick.ohly@intel.com 2010-04-09 05:20:20 +0000 ----

To reproduce:
- start sync-ui
- run "syncevolution --run --sync-property password=- <some config>"
- once the sync-ui pops up it's password dialog, cancel the sync
  or enter a password

Actual:
- command line stuck in password prompt

Expected:
- command line should stop waiting for password input
  and proceed with displaying the sync result

Implementing this may be hard. We would need a means to keep the mainloop running (to handle further InfoRequest signals) while handling keyboard input.

A simpler solution would be to accept an empty password, then check if the password was provided by someone else in the meantime, if not, cancel the sync. I find that acceptable.

It also fixes the current (minor) problem that entering an empty password proceeds with the sync session, then fails with an authentication error.



---- Additional Comments From patrick.ohly@intel.com 2010-04-09 05:25:59 +0000 ----

Another potential solution would be to delay entering the password input code a bit (a second would be long enough). If some other user interface (like the sync-ui) pops up a dialog, it should notify the daemon, which should notify the command line - if I remember correctly, we have that in our design.

Just a thought. Perhaps not such a good idea after all, because of the race condition and because the user might want to enter the password on the command line (likely to have his focus).



--- Bug imported by patrick.ohly@gmx.de 2012-07-29 20:36 UTC  ---

This bug was previously known as _bug_ 616 at https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616