gksudo on Lucid no longer returns with "Incorrect Password" and an opportunity to retype when incorrect, just silently quits

Bug #548714 reported by Delan Azabani
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gksu (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

gksudo on Lucid no longer returns with "Incorrect Password" and an opportunity to retype when incorrect, just silently quits. The stdout of gksudo in a terminal when typing the wrong password:

GNOME_SUDO_PASSSorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts

affects: ubuntu → gksu (Ubuntu)
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