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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/miniroot/install.sub b/distrib/miniroot/install.sub
index 39602a1d7b9..1f8e6c5b16f 100644
--- a/distrib/miniroot/install.sub
+++ b/distrib/miniroot/install.sub
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#!/bin/ksh
-# $OpenBSD: install.sub,v 1.1089 2018/07/08 21:25:59 rpe Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: install.sub,v 1.1090 2018/07/09 08:25:08 rpe Exp $
#
# Copyright (c) 1997-2015 Todd Miller, Theo de Raadt, Ken Westerback
# Copyright (c) 2015, Robert Peichaer <rpe@openbsd.org>
@@ -822,13 +822,12 @@ ask_until() {
done
}
-# Ask for a password, saving the input in $resp.
+# Capture a user password and save it in $resp, optionally showing prompt $1.
#
-# 1) Display $1 as the prompt.
-# 2) *Don't* allow the '!' options that ask does.
-# 3) *Don't* echo input.
-# 4) *Don't* interpret "\" as escape character.
-# 5) Preserve whitespace in input
+# 1) *Don't* allow the '!' options that ask does.
+# 2) *Don't* echo input.
+# 3) *Don't* interpret "\" as escape character.
+# 4) Preserve whitespace in input
#
ask_pass() {
stty -echo
@@ -837,7 +836,8 @@ ask_pass() {
echo
}
-# Ask for a password twice, saving the input in $_password.
+# Ask for a password twice showing prompt $1. Ensure both inputs are identical
+# and save it in $_password.
ask_password() {
local _q=$1