-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24/05/12 13:55, Mark H. Wood wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 09:39:04PM +0100, da...@gbenet.com wrote: > >> I ran the debugging programme with Openpgp debugging options to >> console and I got the message that with gpg2 installed one was not >> able to digitally sign an e-mail whilst encrypting to their public >> key which in all the named distros it encrypted to my private key - >> fact. > > I have no idea how a debugger would know that you couldn't sign an email. > >> It is a fact that Openpgp will only work if BOTH gpg 1.4.11 and the >> widget gpg2 is then added. Fact. Most Linux users have BOTH by >> default. Fact. That's why no one's reporting aany problems. Fact. If >> you remove from your system gpg 1.4.11 then you have real problems >> with open Openpgp - even Kleopatra. Fact > > On my Gentoo system, there is no gpg v1 installed: > > mwood@mhw ~ $ dir /usr/bin/gpg* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Sep 15 2011 /usr/bin/gpg -> gpg2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 699072 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpg2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 268352 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpg-agent > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 130720 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpgconf > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 142736 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpg-connect-agent > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50627 Apr 2 15:28 /usr/bin/gpgdir > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 205 Jun 30 2011 /usr/bin/gpgen > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18448 Sep 21 2011 /usr/bin/gpg-error > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1804 Sep 21 2011 /usr/bin/gpg-error-config > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8990 Apr 2 15:28 /usr/bin/gpg-key2ps > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39320 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpgkey2ssh > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4005 Apr 2 15:28 /usr/bin/gpglist > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2750 Apr 2 15:28 /usr/bin/gpg-mailkeys > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3521 Jan 11 09:14 /usr/bin/gpgme-config > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26864 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpgparsemail > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1708 Apr 2 15:28 /usr/bin/gpgparticipants > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13830 Apr 2 15:28 /usr/bin/gpgsigs > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 382016 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpgsm > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4635 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpgsm-gencert.sh > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Sep 15 2011 /usr/bin/gpgv -> gpgv2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 327504 Jun 29 2011 /usr/bin/gpgv2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22760 Apr 2 15:28 /usr/bin/gpgwrap > mwood@mhw ~ $ gpg --version > gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.17 > libgcrypt 1.4.6 > Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > As you can see, 'gpg' and 'gpgv' are symlinks to the v2 programs. > > Nevertheless, I just sent a signed message to myself at another > address, from Thunderbird, using Enigmail. It arrived signed, with a > valid signature. Thunderbird + Enigmail + gpg2 works. You should > consider the possibility that you have a different problem. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
- From tests carried out - Mandrava Linux was ok. I suspect that other Linux distros have no real problems - just because your works - does not mean that every other Linux distro works. I stated I only ran tests on a few Linux Distros - I too have 5 e-mail accounts and could do multiple testing - with surprising results. We all think that at the core all Linux distros are the same - they are not. Heavily branded distros where the core of every programme is re-written is bad news for the user. I case in point. Seahorse. You are supposed to set how long a passphrase will exist for. In Ubuntu and opensuse this feature has been removed. Such programmes as "apt" are not installed - and do not appear on opensuse's list of "approved" apps. But it's not all about re-writing all the code for hard-wired branding. A women wrote to the enigmail list and said that her Fedora-16 64 bit had failed to initialise gpg2 - she ven whent as far as going to Mozilla and downloading and installing Thunderbird. She even went to the enigmail's home page and downloaded and installed the correct version of enigmail for Thunderbird. The result? Openpgp caused her system to freeze. I was the only person who answered her - I was the only person to conduct tests on Fedora-16 KDE/Gnome/LXDE 32/64 bit. I stated the results of my tests. Further in opensuse gpg2 is installed by default - a user-agent is installed by default - but in all versions of opensuse tested no user-agent was ever running. As stated the Seahorse was the default daemon - but had the ability to set how long a passphase would last had been programmed out. With branded versions (not all) of popular Linux distros the term "open source" means "closed source." But we are still faced with the problems of GPG4WIN and the problem of directly installing from source. We are still faced with the fact that Openpgp does not support gpg2. Now I'm running Mint Linux LXDE 32 bit - the Seahorse as provided has no way of controlling the length in minutes your passphrase stays around. Linux Mint uses Ubuntu software sources and that function has been written out. I am trying to install Seahorse directly - I have to google for all its dependences - which are not installed - though I've got a "Seahorse!" You either get the original open source software or a pre-packaged look-a-like. I suspect that when you install a branded Linux - you install Thunderbird and Enigmail all these open source packages are re-written to be a closed shop. But it still does not answer why direct installs have the same problem. Or why Windows XP with Thunderbird and Enigmail have problems. David - -- “See the sanity of the man! No gods, no angels, no demons, no body. Nothing of the kind.Stern, sane,every brain-cell perfect and complete even at the moment of death. No delusion.” https://linuxcounter.net/user/512854.html - http://gbenet.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPvloPAAoJEOJpqm7flRExNxUH/3XtL5klqWGR1QBZ7Gr32DU6 oxvTQgwniU+v/EwYQYP7x1aHdXWEudVj4FBt6F6MK8sbCo/FEmi77CLoTINFY+Q8 ceOEtd7Djle1gI45xCSAP2PYhb7x5nRCXJo3Jwojc7f2s+QFWtrlI2cfSDBFHag1 EtwRh4CHNAeMjUdfdsQt63PLEAexgJZFr2GTQQ9UnfsAbIOoRyiYymAzoSkvVc6K g2JFLarj7YFaoqyEUxFS2NfF0EGqPQ2363nhBH4b7vD/4c8zrCQ6WPBwxKRApGBV 11mmwCTvCycf75OrT37R68iYzhDdrxZFceQ/dcEmBV/hPw7pjfIvJwnmytjngR8= =pU3e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
