vcstool cannot be used with ssh repositories with passphrase for the identity file

[galou]

Either there is a problem with my configuration or vcstool cannot be used with ssh repositories with passphrase for the identity file. I have such a repository and when I used vcs import < my.repos, I see the prompt Enter passphrase for key '....':, I then type my passphrase but see EEE and then I'm asked for a password, as then happens when the passphrase is incorrect.

vcs import --input my.repos doesn't help.

[galou]

Maybe related to #128 ?

[christophebedard]

Not sure about #128, but look at #23 and #124. There is a solution/workaround documented here: https://github.com/dirk-thomas/vcstool/blob/master/README.rst#parallelization-and-stdin. Just use --workers 1 so that you can enter a password.

[galou]

The README files states In the case repositories are using SSH git@ URLs but the host is not known yet vcs import automatically falls back to a single worker but this was not the case for me (v 0.2.15).

[christophebedard]

I see! That feature seems to be in >=0.2.5 so if it wasn't working for you then it might be a bug.

Looks like it's simply running ssh-keygen -F $HOST (e.g., ssh-keygen -F github.com) for all hosts and if one of the return codes is non-zero (unknown host) then it uses 1 worker. Maybe all the hosts are known on your machine?

*oops I misread and interpreted that as "it was not working for me"

[galou]

All the hosts should be known but their access requires giving a passphrase, which doesn't work with multiple workers. I cannot test the workaround but I guess it works, thanks!