terminal: seek when switching between reading and writing
authorJeff King <peff@peff.net>
Tue, 7 Aug 2012 04:10:26 +0000 (00:10 -0400)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Tue, 7 Aug 2012 05:11:47 +0000 (22:11 -0700)
When a stdio stream is opened in update mode (e.g., "w+"),
the C standard forbids switching between reading or writing
without an intervening positioning function. Many
implementations are lenient about this, but Solaris libc
will flush the recently-read contents to the output buffer.
In this instance, that meant writing the non-echoed password
that the user just typed to the terminal.

Fix it by inserting a no-op fseek between the read and
write.

The opposite direction (writing followed by reading) is also
disallowed, but our intervening fflush is an acceptable
positioning function for that alternative.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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