Comment 10 for bug 363153

Adding a dependency in a future version is no problem. the
create_vnc_password script is used by ubiquity only I believe. If your
tests work out well, that'd be great.

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 22:46, barney_1 <email address hidden> wrote:

> Yes, that seems like a good idea. But, I don't think the module
> (python-pexpect) is installed by default and this would make mythbuntu-
> common depend on it. Is that a problem? I don't know how to address
> the issue of the python-pexpect dependency. Can anyone assist with
> this?
>
> In the mythbuntu-common package I used grep:
> "create_" -r *
> Which shows me that the create_vnc_password script is only called by
> vnc.py. create_user_vnc_password is called by nothing... is it depricated?
>
> It's easy enough to write the python replacement for the code that uses
> "expect". I've attached the diff file for vnc.py. There is no error
> handling (but there wasn't before either!).
>
> I'll give it a try with a liveCD and see where I get.
>
> ** Attachment added: "Patch to switch to using pexpect"
>
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26337127/patch_mythbuntu-common-pexpect.diff
>
> --
> Mythbuntu Install hangs at 90% due to & in password
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363153
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