gpg: Report details about failed symmetric decrypt with ERROR status
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	• ikloecker
	Apr 25 2022, 9:23 AM

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To be able to display a "(Most likely) You entered a bad passphrase" error in Kleopatra we/gpgme needs to know

that symmetric decryption was attempted
a bad symmetric passphrase was entered
that symmetric decryption failed because of other reasons than a bad passphrase, e.g. if the symmetrically encrypted session key block is corrupt

rG GnuPG
	rG0f8623d518d4 gpg: Emit an ERROR status as hint for a bad passphrase.
	rGf021ecd57624 gpg: Emit an ERROR status as hint for a bad passphrase.

		Status	Assigned	Task
		Resolved	• aheinecke	T5939 Kleopatra: Better error for wrong password in symmetric decryption
		Resolved	• ikloecker	T5943 gpg: Report details about failed symmetric decrypt with ERROR status

• ikloecker triaged this task as Normal priority.Apr 25 2022, 9:23 AM

• ikloecker created this task.

• werner added a project: Restricted Project.

Works together with the changes for T5939: Kleopatra: Better error for wrong password in symmetric decryption. Tested with symmetric encrypted file and with symmetric+pk encrypted file.

• ebo moved this task from Restricted Project Column to Restricted Project Column on the Restricted Project board.Jul 24 2023, 2:12 PM