libgcrypt 1.12.0: g_mime_multipart_encrypted_decrypt failing on i386

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Mon Feb 9 11:32:44 CET 2026


On Fri,  6 Feb 2026 14:41, Stuart Henderson said:
> When building the "notmuch" email indexer, the configure script tests
> that gmime can extract a session key, which it does using gcrypt.
> Since 1.12.0 this frequently, though not always, fails on i386 (32-bit).

You mean Notmuch uses its own *PGP parser to "extract" the session key?

I recall that there was a discussion on speeding up things by storing
decrypted session in a database and then use gpg --override-sssion-key.
But I can't remember the details.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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