bug#26950: 26.0.50; ERC doesn't use auth-source for NickServ password

bug#26950: 26.0.50; ERC doesn't use auth-source for NickServ password

[Tom Tromey]

ERC uses erc-nickserv-passwords to store passwords used for
authenticating to NickServ.  It would be nice if it could also use
auth-source to get this information, so I could store my NickServ
passwords elsewhere.


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Tom

bug#26950: 26.0.50; ERC doesn't use auth-source for NickServ password

[Nikolay Kudryavtsev]

Hello, Tom.

According to (info "(erc) Connecting") auth-sources should work out of 
box. I've been using it for a long time.

This of course is for the general case, where your erc server 
credentials are not different from your NickServ credentials.

-- 
Best Regards,
Nikolay Kudryavtsev

bug#26950: 26.0.50; ERC doesn't use auth-source for NickServ password

[Tom Tromey]

Nikolay> According to (info "(erc) Connecting") auth-sources should work out of
Nikolay> box. I've been using it for a long time.

Nikolay> This of course is for the general case, where your erc server
Nikolay> credentials are not different from your NickServ credentials.

I must have misread, since I tried your suggestion and it worked.
So, I'm closing this.  Thanks.

Tom