in a telnet window the "password" prompt stays too long in the modeline

[Daniel Ortmann]

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In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.7, X toolkit)
 of 2001-10-23 on rm50
configured using `configure  --prefix=/lsi/soft/misc'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: nil
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I used an emacs telnet window to change my password on a machine.  The
initial, new, and repeated new passwords were entered, the "passwd"
command was ok with the changes ... but the modeline still had the
"password" prompt visible and was still consuming characters.

I had to do C-x o to go to the mode line and then press C-g to cancel
it.


Recent input:
<up> <down> M-x r e p o r t - e m <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Mark set [2 times]
Loading find-dired...done
find-dired *Find* finished.
Mark set
Reading directory /lsi/soft/misc/WWW/...done
Note: file is write protected [3 times]
Loading sh-script...done
No indentation for this shell type.
Mark set [2 times]
Loading emacsbug...done

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