What is an "Internal terminal password query?"

https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/API/group__keyslot.html

Says in several places
"Internal terminal password query is DEPRECATED and will be removed in next version."
I don't know what "internal terminal password query" means.  Does it mean ask the user for the password from the API or does it mean something else?  I don't want to do this deprecated thing by accident.  (I'm just learning how to use the API and want to change or add a passphrase).

Currently, when using the lib+API passphrase is acquired by the lib internally from the terminal.

The next major realease will remove this 'limitation' and it will be up to the programm using the API to acquire the passphrase.

Check the release notes from the current realease to see for yourself.
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v1.7/v1.7.0-ReleaseNotes

Cryptsetup API note right at the bottom.

Regards

-Sven

Am 03.12.2015 um 00:09 schrieb H McCurdy:

Thanks Sven,
"Internal" means internal to the the API.  Makes sense now. Regards,Hugh

On Wednesday, December 2, 2015 6:58 PM, Sven Eschenberg <[email protected]> wrote:

Currently, when using the lib+API passphrase is acquired by the lib
internally from the terminal.

The next major realease will remove this 'limitation' and it will be up to the programm using the API to acquire the passphrase.

Check the release notes from the current realease to see for yourself.
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/cryptsetup/v1.7/v1.7.0-ReleaseNotes

Cryptsetup API note right at the bottom.

Regards

-Sven

Am 03.12.2015 um 00:09 schrieb H McCurdy:

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