Date: 12 Nov 2002 18:16:59 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Stacey Roberts <stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> Cc: FreeBSD Gnome <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Evolution] Evolution-1.2 vs pgp encryption] Message-ID: <1037143018.2584.48.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <1037142806.983.25.camel@localhost> References: <1037140728.983.7.camel@localhost> <1037141040.2584.35.camel@gyros> <1037142806.983.25.camel@localhost>
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On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 18:13, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hi Joe, > Thanks for the reply. > > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 22:44, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > 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 > > Well., this may well be fine for lots of folks, but what about those of > us that haven't gotten wind of this information? > > Just wished that a heads up about this was available. On another note, > is it possible to set an env variable or something that would point > Evolution to pgp-6.5.8? Or is it that based on Jeffrey's work, there is > now *no* way of still getting Evolution to work with non-gnupg engines? According to what Jeffrey said, there is no way to use PGP other than gnupg. You could look at the code to confirm that, though. Joe > > Thanks again. > > Stacey > > > > > > > > > Stacey > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > > > > > From: Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj@ximian.com> > > > > To: Stacey Roberts <stacey@Demon.vickiandstacey.com> > > > > 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
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