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GPGme ignores RSA_OR_IDEA
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GPGme doesn't do anything with gnupg's RSA_OR_IDEA message, which means that if
the secret key is IDEA-encrypted and the chosen gnupg doesn't support IDEA, then
an operation will fail with a somewhat confusing result: the operation's status
will be "Decryption failed" but the individual key's status (from
gpgme_op_decrypt_result()) will be "success".

In this situation, IMO, the key's status should not be success, but should be an
error code (perhaps GPG_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ALGORITHM).

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Version
1.3.1

Event Timeline

wiml added projects: Bug Report, gpgme.Oct 14 2011, 5:40 AM
wiml set Version to 1.3.1.
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• werner assigned this task to marcus.Nov 6 2011, 5:38 PM
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IDEA warnings pop up ofthe enough, so that a special treatmeant is justified.

• werner closed this task as Resolved.May 1 2013, 1:25 PM
• werner added a project: Won't Fix.

Given that recent versions of GnupG support IDEA and won't emit such a status
line anymore, I do not think it is justified to fix this for old gpg versions.