Re: tiny authn caching buglet?

"Ben Collins-Sussman" <sussman_at_red-bean.com> writes:
> I noticed this week that when doing 'svn proplist --revprop', I am
> repeatedly asked to authenticate, but am never asked whether I want my
> password cached on disk.
>
> With other prop commands ('svn propedit --revprop', 'svn
> propget/propset --revprop'), I'm only prompted once, and then offered
> an opportunity to cache it on disk.
>
> Should I file an issue on this?

I think so, yes.

Note that this in-progress patch by Senthil might affect the behaviors
you're seeing:

   http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=142144
   "Subversion sometimes needlessly asks for confirmation to store \
    already stored plaintext passwords"

(The whole thread might be edifying:
http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=667761)

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Received on 2008-08-23 21:07:57 CEST