Regarding packages pass, pass-otp, passmenu. Clipboard terminal program required. Passmenu requires GUI pinentry-program

[computative]

Is this a new report?

Yes

System Info

Void 6.12.7_1 x86_64 GenuineIntel notuptodate rFF

Package(s) Affected

pass, pass-otp, passmenu

Does a report exist for this bug with the project's home (upstream) and/or another distro?

No. But this thread is related. Although as you can see, he doesn't fully appreciate the issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/voidlinux/comments/nabzqd/no_password_prompts/

Expected behaviour

1. The mentioned three packages should have the ability to copy passwords to clipboard
2. One of the programs, 'passmenu' should prompt the user for a password in a pop-up window.

Actual behaviour

At present, the mentioned packages do not install all the appropriate dependencies. The functionality breaks in two ways

1. All 3 mentioned packages (pass. pass-otp, passmenu) require 'xclip' on x, and the command 'wl-copy' on wayland (i believe wl-copy is in the 'wl-clipboard' package). If not installed, the 'copy' functionality of the programs doesn't work. Especially passmenu is rendered completely broken. This is the current behaviour.
2. If 'passmenu' doesn't show a gui prompt, it fails completely. For this, one of the GUI pinentry-programs, for example 'pinentry-gtk', should be installed and a soft link must be made to /usr/bin/pinentry say by ln -s /usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2 /usr/bin/pinentry. This is the current behaviour.

Steps to reproduce

FOR pass AND pass-otp DO THE FOLLOWING
By default, xclip and wl-clipboard are not installed with the packages, so to reproduce remove them to start off.
$ xbps-remove xclip wl-clipboard
$ xbps-install pass
$ pass init $GPG_KEY_ID
$ pass insert hello
In the prompt type world and hit enter. Then when prompted again type world and hit enter.
$ pass show -c hello
In the prompt enter 'world'

• FAIL: This should fail to copy the password to the clipboard if xclip (or the wayland equivalent) are not installed. I believe you will see an error in the terminal as well.

FOR passmenu DO THE FOLLOWING

$ /usr/bin/passmenu

It will prompt for a password

• FAIL1: If the user does not receive a password prompt at this point because a suitable pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2 isn't installed and linked, the program stops.
• FAIL2: If pass or pass-otp are broken as described above, no password is copied to the clipboard.

[classabbyamp]

you should not need to manually symlink any pinentry, as it is an alternative group, xbps-alternatives -s pinentry-gtk if you want the gtk2 one, or another if you want a different one

do these programs have an error message if a clipboard program isn't installed?

[computative]

The message is «Error: Could not copy data to the clipboard». In the version I have of pass/pass-otp, it's on line 180 of /usr/bin/pass.

[ahesford]

These are not bugs. Users might be using Wayland and want to use wl-copy. Other users may want to use xclip. Requiring either or both would be incorrect for at least some subset of users. The same applies to pinentry, because users may prefer any of the alternatives we provide.

XBPS has no provision for optional dependencies or recommendations, so we are left expecting users to understand when optional functionality requires extra packages and act accordingly.

[computative]

WIthout the appropriate of xclip (or wl-copy), nothing happens when the application is used. It requires reading to source code to find out what's missing. Having to read the source code to find out which packages are missing is a feature on void, and not a bug? På søndag 12. januar 2025 kl. 18:39, Andrew J. Hesford ***@***.***> skrev:

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These are not bugs. Users might be using Wayland and want to use wl-copy. Other users may want to use xclip. Requiring either or both would be incorrect for at least some subset of users. The same applies to pinentry, because users may prefer any of the alternatives we provide. XBPS has no provision for optional dependencies or recommendations, so we are left expecting users to understand when optional functionality requires extra packages and act accordingly. — Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#53870 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFCBYB4LKLKFROYX5CIA3VD2KKSEXAVCNFSM6AAAAABUWI2M7KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDKOBVHA2DKOJVGY). You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[ahesford]

I regularly use pass, and most of the use isn't copying things to a clipboard. The application doesn't do "nothing" without a clipboard program. Furthermore, the program's use of these tools is listed right in the manual page.

The lack of optional dependencies in XBPS is neither a bug nor a feature, but a limitation. The fact that we don't thrust unnecessary sets of dependencies on all users just to placate an arbitrary subset of them most definitely is a feature.

You know what tools you were missing and have solved your problem. It's time to move on to more important things!

[computative]

You might want to investigate how passmenu breaks in the absence of xclip/wl-copy På onsdag 15. januar 2025 kl. 20:05, Andrew J. Hesford ***@***.***> skrev:

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I regularly use pass, and most of the use isn't copying things to a clipboard. The application doesn't do "nothing" without a clipboard program. Furthermore, the program's use of these tools is listed right in the [manual page](https://man.voidlinux.org/pass). The lack of optional dependencies in XBPS is neither a bug nor a feature, but a limitation. The fact that we don't thrust unnecessary sets of dependencies on all users just to placate an arbitrary subset of them most definitely is a feature. You know what tools you were missing and have solved your problem. It's time to move on to more important things! — Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#53870 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFCBYB5N7JQDCYPBR4ROMWD2K2WQNAVCNFSM6AAAAABUWI2M7KVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDKOJTG4ZDSNRSGI). You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>