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-rw-r--r--libbb/bb_askpass.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/bb_askpass.c b/libbb/bb_askpass.c
index 77c1bcd95..1927ba9e9 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_askpass.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_askpass.c
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ char* FAST_FUNC bb_ask(const int fd, int timeout, const char *prompt)
struct sigaction sa, oldsa;
struct termios tio, oldtio;
+ tcflush(fd, TCIFLUSH);
+ /* Was buggy: was printing prompt *before* flushing input,
+ * which was upsetting "expect" based scripts of some users.
+ */
fputs(prompt, stdout);
fflush_all();
- tcflush(fd, TCIFLUSH);
tcgetattr(fd, &oldtio);
tio = oldtio;