From owner-freebsd-gnome Tue Nov 12 14:44: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7AFB37B401 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:44:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3168043E77 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:44:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gACMhj4U095187; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:43:46 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Evolution] Evolution-1.2 vs pgp encryption] From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Stacey Roberts Cc: FreeBSD Gnome In-Reply-To: <1037140728.983.7.camel@localhost> References: <1037140728.983.7.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1037141040.2584.35.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 12 Nov 2002 17:44:00 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,FWD_MSG,IN_REP_TO,NOSPAM_INC,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01 version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 17:38, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hello, > Got an update from (what appears to be) one of the evolution > developers with respect to pgp here. > > I'll respond to his e-mail, but I figured list members (in particular > the gnome ports maintainer) know what the deal is. If this is wrong, > please let me know. Well, if gnupg is the only supported PGP, I would remove the PGP instances from the preferences dialog. Personally, I like gnupg, so I don't object too much to this decision. Joe > > Stacey > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > From: Jeffrey Stedfast > > To: Stacey Roberts > > Cc: evolution@ximian.com > > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Evolution-1.2 vs pgp encryption > > Date: 12 Nov 2002 17:16:46 -0500 > > > > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 15:51, Stacey Roberts wrote: > > > ?Hello, > > > I've just updated evolution on a box here: > > > $ uname -a > > > FreeBSD Demon.vickiandstacey.com 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #0: Sat > > > Oct 12 10:04:03 BST 2002 > > > root@Demon.vickiandstacey.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FALCON i386 > > > $ > > > > > > I followed the instruction included in the link sent by Joe Marcus > > > Clarke: > > > http://developer.ximian.com/projects/evolution/release_notes/1.2.html > > > > > > Then restarted Evolution, which appeared to load okay. However I > > > attempted to test sending mail, and found that I am no longer able to > > > send email with "PGP Sign" enabled. I get the error: "Failed to execute > > > gpg". I have always had pgp-6.5.8 insatalled *and* working with > > > Evolution-1.0.8, is pgp-6.5.8 support now broken for the new version? > > > > Evolution no longer supports anything other than gnupg. > > > > Why not? because I rewrote the pgp backend code to be much more robust > > and pgp2, pgp5, and pgp6.5.8 didn't have the options I needed such as > > --status-fd nor --command-fd so they were dropped. > > > > there were also numerous problems with the pgp programs such as: > > > > - pgp2 will always exit with the status code of 0, depsite whether or > > not the signature being verified was valid or not. > > > > - pgp6.5.8 will re-prompt for the passphrase on stdin even when in batch > > mode. This causes major problems when being used by another application > > because if the user supplied a wrong passphrase, then pgp6 would wait > > for a second passphrase to be given on stdin except that evolution > > expects that pgp6 is waiting for the message data on stdin, and so > > passes that instead... at which point evolution then waits for pgp6 to > > exit and write the decrypted/signed/whatever data to stdout, which it > > never does because it hasn't gotten a valid password yet. > > > > doesn't that sound like fun? > > > > > > > > I looked everywhere for what used to be the field to include the pgp > > > binary (as it was in Evolution-1.08, which I had until earlier today), > > > but can't locate it. Evolution help only points me to where I include my > > > key under the security tab, but nothing else. > > > > Yea, the option doesn't exist anymore. We now just use execvp() and let > > the shell find the pgp binary for us. It makes the UI oh so much simpler > > for the average user. > > > > Jeff > > > > -- > > Jeffrey Stedfast > > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > > fejj@ximian.com - www.ximian.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - evolution@ximian.com > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message