Ubuntu
newt package

Whiptail no longer accepts input when in a pipe with sudo

Bug #1970418 reported by Adam Baxter
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Bug Description

See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1010059. Affects Jammy and Bookworm as far as I can tell.

echo | sudo whiptail --msgbox test 20 20 #Can't select 'Ok'
echo | whiptail --msgbox test 20 20 #Can select 'Ok'

Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

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