#744110 vim-gtk: gvim netrw does not correctly ask for password

Package:
vim-runtime
Source:
vim
Submitter:
fulvio ciriaco
Date:
2014-07-12 02:27:10 UTC
Severity:
normal
#744110#5
Date:
2014-04-10 09:23:03 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
:e sftp://user@hostname
works in vim (asks password in commandline)
but does not work in gvim:
if x11-ssh-askpass is not installed, it hangs
if x11-ssh-askpass is installed it hangs, when the window
is closed however, x11-ssh-askpass is spawned.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
use public-key authentication

Thank you
Fulvio Ciriaco
--- real paths of main Vim binaries ---
/usr/bin/vi is /usr/bin/vim.gtk
/usr/bin/vim is /usr/bin/vim.gtk
/usr/bin/gvim is /usr/bin/vim.gtk