[pmg-devel] [PATCH pmg-api 2/4] partially fix #2077: pmgcm: remove dependency on Term::ReadLine

[Stoiko Ivanov]

Tested this by creating a cluster on a trixie based container, and joining
it to my bookworm PMG (the trixie container had pve-common
containing:
https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250918135215.95188-2-f.ebner@proxmox.com/
and this patch applied)

Consider this:
Reviewed-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov at proxmox.com>
Tested-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov at proxmox.com>

On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:19:42 +0200
Fiona Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  src/PMG/CLI/pmgcm.pm | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/PMG/CLI/pmgcm.pm b/src/PMG/CLI/pmgcm.pm
> index ab9fe2a..401f680 100644
> --- a/src/PMG/CLI/pmgcm.pm
> +++ b/src/PMG/CLI/pmgcm.pm
> @@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package PMG::CLI::pmgcm;
>  use strict;
>  use warnings;
>  use Data::Dumper;
> -use Term::ReadLine;
>  use POSIX qw(strftime);
>  use JSON;
>  
> @@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ use PVE::SafeSyslog;
>  use PVE::Tools qw(extract_param);
>  use PVE::INotify;
>  use PVE::CLIHandler;
> +use PVE::PTY;
>  
>  use PMG::Utils;
>  use PMG::Ticket;
> @@ -188,10 +188,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
>  
>              die "cluster already defined\n" if scalar(keys %{ $cinfo->{ids} });
>  
> -            my $term = new Term::ReadLine('pmgcm');
> -            my $attribs = $term->Attribs;
> -            $attribs->{redisplay_function} = $attribs->{shadow_redisplay};
> -            my $password = $term->readline('Enter password: ');
> +            my $password = PVE::PTY::read_password('Enter password: ');
>  
>              my $setup = {
>                  username => 'root at pam',