GnuPG 1.9.92 -- first findings

[Werner Koch]

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:18, Patrick Brunschwig said:

> * gpg2 reproducibly destroyed my keyring with the following sequence of
> commands:
> # gpg2 --charset utf8  --no-tty --status-fd 1 --logger-fd  1 \
> --command-fd  0 --ask-cert-level --edit-key <0xKeyid> trust
>
> # gpg2 --charset utf8  --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 \
> --with-fingerprint --fixed-list-mode --with-colons --list-keys

I tried that suing a copy of my own key and answering 4, save.  No
signs of a currupted keyring.  Did you used that on the command line
or are these the invoctions from enigmail.  It would be good to see an
lsof output then. 

>
> * gpg2 always uses pinentry instead of the passphrase-fd in the
> following example:
> # gpg2 --charset utf8  --passphrase-fd 0 --no-use-agent --no-tty \
> --status-fd 1 --logger-fd 1 --command-fd 0 -u 0xD8A807C7CCEC227B \
> --ask-cert-level --edit-key 9CD4D060D74A14F3 lsign

I can't replicate this. --use-agent and --no-use-agent have no effect
as the agent is always used unless --passphrase-fd is given.

BTW, using passphrase-fd along with --command-fd is questionable
because --passphrase-fd reads the passphrase once and right at startup
whereas --command-fd ask for the passphrase as needed.

> gpg2 --debug-all --recv-keys 0x810271D5

Well, I can't find this key at all.  Using

  gpg2 --keyserver hkp://minsky.surfnet.nl --recv-keys \
    --no-permission-warning 0x5b0358a2

works just fine.  (--no-permission-warnig is needed only in my test setup.)

> gpg: no handler for keyserver scheme `hkp'

What options did you set in your gpg.conf?  Also check that there is
no gpg.conf-1.9*.  Build options?  Can you send me the config.log by
PM?


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner