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and subject line gnupg: `--batch --output existingfile' outputs nothing and
exits 0
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regarding gnupg: `--batch --output existingfile' outputs nothing and exits 0
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Package: gnupg
Version: 1.2.0-1
Severity: normal
If you run gpg in --batch mode with --output pointing at an existing
file it won't write data to the existing file, but it also exits
with a 0 status. It should exit with a non-zero status.
$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-rw-r-- 1 roderick roderick 87 2003-03-21 13:48 input
-rw-rw-r-- 1 roderick roderick 184 2003-03-21 13:49 input.gpg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 roderick roderick 0 2003-03-21 13:49 output
$ gpg --batch --output output input.gpg
gpg: Signature made Fri 21 Mar 2003 01:49:11 PM EST using DSA key ID 2B05B73A
gpg: Good signature from "Roderick Schertler <[email protected]>"
$ echo $?
0
$ ls -l
total 8
-rw-rw-r-- 1 roderick roderick 87 2003-03-21 13:48 input
-rw-rw-r-- 1 roderick roderick 184 2003-03-21 13:49 input.gpg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 roderick roderick 0 2003-03-21 13:49 output
$ _
PS: There should be a way to tell it to overwrite the file in batch mode.
Otherwise, if you've got multiple programs doing decryption, there's
no way to avoid a race choosing output file names except by reading the
data via a pipe and writing it yourself.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux jones 2.4.19-jones.1 #1 Sat Oct 12 15:24:34 EDT 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US
Versions of packages gnupg depends on:
ii devfsd 1.3.25-10 Daemon for the device filesystem
ii libc6 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libldap2 2.0.23-14 OpenLDAP libraries (without TLS su
ii makedev 2.3.1-62 Creates device files in /dev.
ii zlib1g 1:1.1.4-6 compression library - runtime
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Roderick Schertler
[email protected]
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--- Begin Message ---
I'm going to close this report. Upstream explained the situation and suggested
a workaround for the second issue.
Please feel free to comment this decision and/or reopen your report if
necessary.
Regards, Daniel
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