[msys2]: warn/exit on buggy, unsupported features

data_files/mmgen.cfg

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
 # Set the Ethereum testnet name
 # eth_testnet_chain_name kovan
 
+# Uncomment to suppress non-ASCII character password warning for MSWin / MSYS2
+# mswin_pw_warning false
+
 #####################################################################
 # The following options are probably of interest only to developers #
 #####################################################################

mmgen/common.py

@@ -146,3 +146,16 @@ default wallet.
 			pnu=g.proto.name.capitalize(),
 			pnl=g.proj_name.lower())
 	}[k] + ('-α' if g.debug_utf8 else '')
+
+def exit_if_mswin(feature):
+	if g.platform == 'win':
+		m = capfirst(feature) + ' not supported on the MSWin / MSYS2 platform'
+		ydie(1,m)
+
+def mswin_pw_warning():
+	if g.platform == 'win' and not opt.echo_passphrase and g.mswin_pw_warning:
+		m  = 'due to a bug in the MSYS2 Python implementation, if your passphrase\n'
+		m += 'contains non-ASCII characters, you must turn on passphrase echoing with the\n'
+		m += '--echo-passphrase option or use a password file.  Otherwise, the non-ASCII\n'
+		m += 'characters in your passphrase will be silently ignored!'
+		msg(red('WARNING: ') + yellow(m))

mmgen/globalvars.py

@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ class g(object):
 	test_suite           = False
 	test_suite_popen_spawn = False
 
+	# warnings
+	mswin_pw_warning     = True
+
 	for k in ('linux','win','msys'):
 		if sys.platform[:len(k)] == k:
 			platform = { 'linux':'linux', 'win':'win', 'msys':'win' }[k]
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ class g(object):
 		'daemon_data_dir','force_256_color','regtest','subseeds',
 		'btc_max_tx_fee','ltc_max_tx_fee','bch_max_tx_fee','eth_max_tx_fee',
 		'eth_mainnet_chain_name','eth_testnet_chain_name',
-		'max_tx_file_size','max_input_size'
+		'max_tx_file_size','max_input_size','mswin_pw_warning'
 	)
 	# Supported environmental vars
 	# The corresponding vars (lowercase, minus 'mmgen_') must be initialized in g
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ class g(object):
 		'MMGEN_USE_STANDALONE_SCRYPT_MODULE',
 
 		'MMGEN_DISABLE_COLOR',
+		'MMGEN_DISABLE_MSWIN_PW_WARNING',
 	)
 
 	min_screen_width = 80

mmgen/main_autosign.py

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ This command is currently available only on Linux-based platforms.
 
 cmd_args = opts.init(opts_data,add_opts=['mmgen_keys_from_file','in_fmt'])
 
+exit_if_mswin('autosigning')
+
 import mmgen.tx
 import mmgen.altcoins.eth.tx
 from mmgen.txsign import txsign

mmgen/seed.py

@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ an empty passphrase, just hit ENTER twice.
 		elif opt.echo_passphrase:
 			pw = ' '.join(get_words_from_user('Enter {}: '.format(desc)))
 		else:
+			mswin_pw_warning()
 			for i in range(g.passwd_max_tries):
 				pw = ' '.join(get_words_from_user('Enter {}: '.format(desc)))
 				pw2 = ' '.join(get_words_from_user('Repeat passphrase: '))
@@ -481,6 +482,7 @@ an empty passphrase, just hit ENTER twice.
 			w = pwfile_reuse_warning()
 			ret = ' '.join(get_words_from_file(opt.passwd_file,desc,quiet=w))
 		else:
+			mswin_pw_warning()
 			ret = ' '.join(get_words_from_user('Enter {}: '.format(desc)))
 		self.ssdata.passwd = ret
 

mmgen/tool.py

@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ class MMGenToolCmdMonero(MMGenToolCmdBase):
 
 	def monero_wallet_ops(self,infile:str,op:str,blockheight=0,addrs=''):
 
+		exit_if_mswin('Monero wallet operations')
+
 		def run_cmd(cmd):
 			import subprocess as sp
 			p = sp.Popen(cmd,stdin=sp.PIPE,stdout=sp.PIPE,stderr=sp.PIPE)

mmgen/util.py

@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ def get_new_passphrase(desc,passchg=False):
 	elif opt.echo_passphrase:
 		pw = ' '.join(get_words_from_user('Enter {}: '.format(w)))
 	else:
+		from mmgen.common import mswin_pw_warning
+		mswin_pw_warning()
 		for i in range(g.passwd_max_tries):
 			pw = ' '.join(get_words_from_user('Enter {}: '.format(w)))
 			pw2 = ' '.join(get_words_from_user('Repeat passphrase: '))
@@ -741,6 +743,8 @@ def get_mmgen_passphrase(desc,passchg=False):
 		pwfile_reuse_warning()
 		return ' '.join(get_words_from_file(opt.passwd_file,'passphrase'))
 	else:
+		from mmgen.common import mswin_pw_warning
+		mswin_pw_warning()
 		return ' '.join(get_words_from_user(prompt))
 
 def my_raw_input(prompt,echo=True,insert_txt='',use_readline=True):