On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:43 AM, Max Kellermann <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2015/05/19 02:07, Yclept Nemo <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Ben Boeckel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Supporting a command (for tools such as pass[1]) would also be good. > > > Also, is there any additional documentation along with this? > > > > > > > So a password_backend ("command") that runs a command and retrieves > stdout > > and return code? Any recommendations boost, popen, etc? > > That was one thing I didn't agree with. I wouldn't do that I'm now seriously considering this. Libsecret is only available on linux, and while I think it is fairly ubiquitous among desktop environments, many roll-your-own setups may not use it. I think complexity is a moot point; spawning a process is less complicated than the hidden complexity of libsecret (dbus, glib). I'd like recommendations for libraries: 1] PStreams url: http://pstreams.sourceforge.net/doc/. pro: cross platform pro: simple pro: does not run in shell con: lgpl, if I understand requires a in-tree source copy to be compatible with gpl con: no builtin timeout, would require non-blocking loop + sleep 2] fork/exec or CreateProcess details: create wrapper function: int (for return status) run_process(command, stdout buffer, stdout buffer size, stder buffer, stderr buffer size, timeout) pro: simple con: more work (unfamiliar with and can't test CreateProcess, more room for bugs) 3] spawn or _spawn pro: cross platform pro: simple con: runs in shell 4] boost.process uri: http://www.highscore.de/boost/process/ con: not prepackaged for ubuntu
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