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mkportable doesn't work (due to missing files in share/locale/eu/ ?)
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Steps to repro:

  1. Run gpg4win-3.1.15.exe and complete the installation. Select all components in Choose Components page.
  2. Make sure you have c:\test directory and it's empty.
  3. Open the command prompt.
  4. Run mkportable as follows:
C:\>cd /d "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Gpg4win\bin"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\bin>mkportable --full --verbose c:\test
mkportable: source directory is 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Gpg4win'
mkportable: target directory is 'c:/test'
mkportable: finding files in 'c:/test/*'
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/kf5_entry.desktop' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/ki18n5.mo' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kcompletion5_qt.qm' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kxmlgui5.mo' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kcoreaddons5_qt.qm' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kitemviews5_qt.qm' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kconfigwidgets5.mo' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kwatchgnupg.mo' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kwindowsystem5_qt.qm' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kcodecs5_qt.qm' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kiconthemes5.mo' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kwidgetsaddons5_qt.qm' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libkleopatra.mo' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kconfig5_qt.qm' not found in the source directory
mkportable: file 'share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/kleopatra.mo' not found in the source directory
mkportable: number of missing files: 15

No files are copied to c:\test.

Details

Version
3.1.15

Event Timeline

FloorVeil created this task.Feb 5 2021, 8:49 AM
• werner triaged this task as Low priority.Feb 5 2021, 2:16 PM
• werner added a subscriber: • werner.

Actually I would be in favor of removing this portable thingy. It is and will always be the worst and most insecure way of using crypto.

bernhard assigned this task to aheinecke.EditedMar 16 2021, 9:30 AM
bernhard added a subscriber: bernhard.

A second report came in via https://wald.intevation.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2044&forum_id=84&group_id=11

bernhard added a comment.Mar 16 2021, 9:33 AM

@werner should the pros and cons of mkportable be discussed here or on a mailinglist?

(Even if it maybe a less desireable way of using Gpg4win, it maybe still a valid use case. I recently read
https://www.heise.de/select/ct/2021/6/2101215262675519376 to protect office data on a windows pc and
IIRC using a portable version could be beneficial in this use case.)

FloorVeil added a comment.Jun 15 2021, 5:02 AM

Not reproduced on 3.1.16.

bernhard closed this task as Resolved.Jun 15 2021, 9:25 AM

There is another report that it works in 3.1.16 again in
https://wald.intevation.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2044&forum_id=84&group_id=11

Thus closing.

bernhard added a comment.Jun 15 2021, 9:25 AM

@FloorVeil thanks for testing!