Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] writes:
And consistently.
$ wish
% puts $tcl_version
8.5
% puts $tk_version
8.5
$ dpkg -l tcl8.5 tk8.5 | tail -2
ii tcl8.5 8.5.8-2 Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.5 - ru
ii tk8.5 8.5.8-1 Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 - run-ti
$ ./git-gui--askpass
<types passphrase>
The window would stay open and hang.
OK I managed to confirm that using Tk 8.5. It seems 8.4 and 8.6 get away
with it. I've pushed the fix to git-gui master now. Thanks for testing.
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