[Bug 1970418] [NEW] Whiptail no longer accepts input when in a pipe with sudo

[Adam Baxter]

Public bug reported:

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

** Affects: newt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Whiptail no longer accepts input when in a pipe with sudo

Status in newt package in Ubuntu:
  New

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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