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Feb 12 2021

werner committed rC370e44127287: Add handling for -Og with O-flag munging (authored by jukivili).
Add handling for -Og with O-flag munging
Feb 12 2021, 12:10 PM
werner committed rC205d841e3ae1: Fix ubsan warnings for i386 build (authored by jukivili).
Fix ubsan warnings for i386 build
Feb 12 2021, 12:10 PM
werner committed rC1d312bc65846: ecc: Add checking key for ECDSA. (authored by gniibe).
ecc: Add checking key for ECDSA.
Feb 12 2021, 12:10 PM
werner triaged T5296: libgpg-error: build failure without threads as Normal priority.

How does it come that you have a Linux kernel without threads? Or maybe the better question is why does libc not support threads?

Feb 12 2021, 12:01 PM · gpgrt, Bug Report
ffontaine created T5296: libgpg-error: build failure without threads.
Feb 12 2021, 9:15 AM · gpgrt, Bug Report
gniibe committed rGe1e3f1db4660: build: Update gpg-error.m4. (authored by gniibe).
build: Update gpg-error.m4.
Feb 12 2021, 7:42 AM
gniibe committed rG83e0a9d6b990: build: Fix library dependency of g13 test program. (authored by gniibe).
build: Fix library dependency of g13 test program.
Feb 12 2021, 7:42 AM
gniibe changed the status of T5293: gpg-error.m4 should search gpg-error.pc under the paths of gpgrt-config from Open to Testing.
Feb 12 2021, 7:32 AM · gpgrt
gniibe committed rE3cabbad4eec0: build: Improve how to determine $libdir for gpgrt-config (authored by gniibe).
build: Improve how to determine $libdir for gpgrt-config
Feb 12 2021, 7:32 AM
gniibe committed rCd78cdf42854b: random: Fix build for macOS. (authored by gniibe).
random: Fix build for macOS.
Feb 12 2021, 7:31 AM
gniibe added a comment to T5293: gpg-error.m4 should search gpg-error.pc under the paths of gpgrt-config.

Considered again, I realized that (1) is no need to check.

Feb 12 2021, 7:26 AM · gpgrt
Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org> committed rLIBKLEO0f78fb708926: GIT_SILENT: ignore compile_commands.json too (authored by Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org>).
GIT_SILENT: ignore compile_commands.json too
Feb 12 2021, 7:08 AM
Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org> committed rKLEOPATRA4fe0a1f8bd6f: GIT_SILENT: ignore compile_commands.json too (authored by Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org>).
GIT_SILENT: ignore compile_commands.json too
Feb 12 2021, 7:06 AM
Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org> committed rKLEOPATRA56aec304cf3c: GIT_SILENT: ignore compile_commands.json too (authored by Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org>).
GIT_SILENT: ignore compile_commands.json too
Feb 12 2021, 7:06 AM

Feb 11 2021

werner committed rG9235c9b65b04: doc: Add NEWS with news from the 2.2 series. (authored by werner).
doc: Add NEWS with news from the 2.2 series.
Feb 11 2021, 12:53 PM
werner committed rGb770393b76b6: doc: Improve the gpg-card man page. (authored by werner).
doc: Improve the gpg-card man page.
Feb 11 2021, 12:18 PM
fabior added a comment to T4572: Kleopatra unable to import public key.

Good morning.

Feb 11 2021, 11:37 AM · kleopatra, Bug Report, gpg4win
muRmot created T5295: Cleo question.
Feb 11 2021, 11:10 AM · Support, gpg4win
werner added a comment to T4417: Work needed for gnupg 2.3.

For 2.3.0 we won't be able to fix all bugs./feature requests. Instead we l will solve that in the 2.3 series.

Feb 11 2021, 11:07 AM · gnupg (gpg23)
werner removed a parent task for T4362: Replace the exec funtions for photoids in gpg by our standard exec functions.: T4417: Work needed for gnupg 2.3.
Feb 11 2021, 11:05 AM · gnupg, Feature Request
werner removed subtasks for T4417: Work needed for gnupg 2.3: T4344: Periodic check of own keys with the WKD, T4362: Replace the exec funtions for photoids in gpg by our standard exec functions., T4406: Allow the use of the default-new-key-algo format for --quick-gen-key..
Feb 11 2021, 11:05 AM · gnupg (gpg23)
werner removed a parent task for T4344: Periodic check of own keys with the WKD: T4417: Work needed for gnupg 2.3.
Feb 11 2021, 11:05 AM · wkd, gnupg, Feature Request
werner removed a parent task for T4406: Allow the use of the default-new-key-algo format for --quick-gen-key.: T4417: Work needed for gnupg 2.3.
Feb 11 2021, 11:05 AM · gnupg24, Feature Request
werner removed a subtask for T4417: Work needed for gnupg 2.3: T3495: The --list-keys should account for groups that are defined.
Feb 11 2021, 11:00 AM · gnupg (gpg23)
werner removed a parent task for T3495: The --list-keys should account for groups that are defined: T4417: Work needed for gnupg 2.3.
Feb 11 2021, 11:00 AM · gnupg, Feature Request
werner added a project to T3495: The --list-keys should account for groups that are defined: gnupg.
Feb 11 2021, 11:00 AM · gnupg, Feature Request
werner added a project to T5294: Displaying the date and time at which you've replied to an email when using GPgOL: gpgol.
Feb 11 2021, 10:13 AM · gpgol, Feature Request
Alexander_Wittich created T5294: Displaying the date and time at which you've replied to an email when using GPgOL.
Feb 11 2021, 8:22 AM · gpgol, Feature Request

Feb 10 2021

werner closed T4713: Bug in get_best_pubkey_byname as Resolved.

Works for me.

Feb 10 2021, 8:03 PM · Restricted Project, gnupg (gpg23)
werner lowered the priority of T4601: gpg --quiet --quick-sign-key is not quiet from Normal to Low.
Feb 10 2021, 3:05 PM · gnupg24, gnupg (gpg23), Bug Report
werner closed T4599: remap `--search` to `--locate-keys` (with warning) as Wontfix.
Feb 10 2021, 3:03 PM · gnupg (gpg23), dirmngr
werner closed T4488: dirmngr: allow changing `use-tor` in a reload as Wontfix.

dirmngr needs to be killed for this. gpgconf --kill dirmngr.

Feb 10 2021, 3:02 PM · gnupg (gpg23), dirmngr
werner added a subtask for T4398: Rework Console and command line handling on Windows: T4365: Encoding problem: gpg truncates multibyte characters in interactive prompts on Windows.
Feb 10 2021, 2:59 PM · Feature Request, gnupg (gpg23)
werner added a parent task for T4365: Encoding problem: gpg truncates multibyte characters in interactive prompts on Windows: T4398: Rework Console and command line handling on Windows.
Feb 10 2021, 2:59 PM · Windows, gnupg (gpg23), Bug Report
werner merged T3466: Add tool to convert a card backup key to a regular secret key into T4359: Convert backup keyfiles to regular key's.
Feb 10 2021, 2:58 PM · gnupg24, gnupg (gpg23), Feature Request
werner merged task T3466: Add tool to convert a card backup key to a regular secret key into T4359: Convert backup keyfiles to regular key's.
Feb 10 2021, 2:58 PM · gnupg (gpg23), Feature Request
werner closed T4154: allow setting passphrase from an environment variable as Wontfix.
Feb 10 2021, 2:55 PM · Feature Request, gnupg (gpg23)
werner closed T3573: Research performance problems with some large keyring. as Resolved.

Meanwhile we introduced the keyboxd which should solve such problems. It will be marked experimental in 2.3 but I expect that it will soon be used as the default way to store keys - at least under Windows.

Feb 10 2021, 2:52 PM · gnupg (gpg23)
werner closed T3415: GnuPG should refuse to encrypt using 64-bit block ciphers by default as Resolved.
Feb 10 2021, 2:49 PM · gnupg (gpg23), Bug Report
werner committed rG825dd7220ff6: gpg: Do not allow old cipher algorithms for encryption. (authored by werner).
gpg: Do not allow old cipher algorithms for encryption.
Feb 10 2021, 2:49 PM
ikloecker committed rKLEOPATRAc99ec64fa3c0: Give initial keyboard focus to the keys filter (authored by ikloecker).
Give initial keyboard focus to the keys filter
Feb 10 2021, 1:44 PM
ikloecker committed rKLEOPATRAb8130ea5f2ef: Allow changing the name of a group of keys (authored by ikloecker).
Allow changing the name of a group of keys
Feb 10 2021, 1:44 PM
ikloecker committed rKLEOPATRA71980f217e7f: Add command for editing a group of keys (authored by ikloecker).
Add command for editing a group of keys
Feb 10 2021, 1:44 PM
ikloecker committed rLIBKLEOec7d08c6fbc1: Add setters for name and keys to KeyGroup (authored by ikloecker).
Add setters for name and keys to KeyGroup
Feb 10 2021, 1:37 PM
ikloecker committed rLIBKLEOd0bc868bec2d: Bump library version (authored by ikloecker).
Bump library version
Feb 10 2021, 1:37 PM
werner lowered the priority of T3389: canonical OpenPGP certificate export from Normal to Wishlist.
Feb 10 2021, 11:53 AM · gnupg, Feature Request
werner edited projects for T3287: Improve http proxy support by honoring SRV RRs., added: gnupg; removed gnupg (gpg23).
Feb 10 2021, 11:51 AM · gnupg, dirmngr
werner closed T3284: ssh-add -D does not return an error as it should. as Wontfix.

Won't be done because the expectations of users are different on whether they use ssh-agent or gpg-agent. And it breaks scripts

Feb 10 2021, 11:42 AM · gnupg (gpg23), Documentation
werner closed T3108: gpgconf lists the wrong extra socket path when a path is explicitly configured in gpg-agent.conf as Wontfix.
Feb 10 2021, 11:39 AM · gnupg (gpg23), gpgagent
werner closed T3237: gnupg complies to CO_DE_VS when generating keys non-interactively only by accident as Invalid.

I would not all this an accident.

Feb 10 2021, 11:37 AM · gnupg (gpg23)
werner closed T3101: GnuPG 2.2 cannot import secret keys from 1.4/2.0's secring.gpg directly (if it is expired by original expiration date) as Resolved.
Feb 10 2021, 11:35 AM · workaround, gnupg, Bug Report
werner set the color for workaround to Grey.
Feb 10 2021, 11:35 AM
werner lowered the priority of T4338: gpg-agent fails to start on Windows if GNUPGHOME is longer than 80 characters from Normal to Low.
Feb 10 2021, 11:32 AM · Windows, gpgagent, Bug Report
werner closed T2964: dirmngr and gpg-agent should work automatically even when GNUPGHOME is larger than sun_path as Resolved.

The now used /var/run thingy solves all these problems nicely. In fact we may eventually remove the use fallback of using sockets in the GNUPGHOMEDIR.

Feb 10 2021, 11:29 AM · Stalled, scd, gpgagent, Bug Report, gnupg, dirmngr
werner renamed T2958: Extend --unwrap to also remove a compression layer. from extract signature from encrypted+signed message to Extend --unwrap to also remove a compression layer..
Feb 10 2021, 11:24 AM · gnupg24, Feature Request, gnupg (gpg23)
werner added a comment to T2958: Extend --unwrap to also remove a compression layer..

We have the --unwrap option which already does this. The problem here is that an addition compression layer is not removed. Therefore I will rename this report to add a feature strip things down to a signature or literal data packet..

Feb 10 2021, 11:23 AM · gnupg24, Feature Request, gnupg (gpg23)
werner closed T2925: Permissions of pubkey.kbx not retained through changes as Wontfix.

Eventually we will move to keyboxd which is already an experimental option in 2.3. Thus we won't do anything here.

Feb 10 2021, 11:13 AM · gnupg (gpg23), Bug Report
werner closed T2912: command line keytocard as Wontfix.

The gpg-card is more flexible than the old gpg stuff. If there is something missing we will add it over time but it does not make sense to keep this request open.

Feb 10 2021, 11:12 AM · gnupg (gpg23), Feature Request
werner lowered the priority of T2862: support session key extraction and overriding for gpgsm from Normal to Wishlist.
Feb 10 2021, 11:10 AM · gnupg24, Feature Request, gnupg (gpg23)
werner closed T2850: auto-key-locate is annoying as Resolved.

Due to better working timeouts we have mostly soolved these problems,. Further keyservers are not anymore of great use these days.

Feb 10 2021, 11:09 AM · gnupg (gpg23), gnupg, Feature Request
werner closed T2836: dirmngr: wakes up periodically as Resolved.

The other patches don't make sense because of future plans for dirmngr.

Feb 10 2021, 11:07 AM · gnupg, gnupg (gpg23), Bug Report, dirmngr
werner lowered the priority of T2760: Populate comment field when exporting authentication key for SSH from Normal to Wishlist.
Feb 10 2021, 11:05 AM · gnupg24, ssh, Feature Request
werner lowered the priority of T2290: Allow gpgv2 to use armored GPG keys as keyring file with trusted keys from Normal to Wishlist.
Feb 10 2021, 11:02 AM · gnupg24, Feature Request
werner lowered the priority of T2186: --encrypt-to ambiguous with a expired and revoked key from Normal to Low.
Feb 10 2021, 11:01 AM · gnupg24, Feature Request
werner closed T1089: Please store requests in a cache to avoid sending out duplicate requests (mailto: interface) as Wontfix.
Feb 10 2021, 10:59 AM · gnupg (gpg23), gnupg, Debian, Feature Request
werner committed rG6e730c18816f: Remove obsolete M4 macros. (authored by werner).
Remove obsolete M4 macros.
Feb 10 2021, 8:57 AM
werner committed rG2b75b2560544: Require GpgRT version 1.41. (authored by werner).
Require GpgRT version 1.41.
Feb 10 2021, 8:57 AM
Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor@ukr.net> committed rKLEOPATRAfaf3fcf12171: Fix minor typo: editted -> edited (authored by Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor@ukr.net>).
Fix minor typo: editted -> edited
Feb 10 2021, 8:38 AM
werner committed rEe95b0c67cd6c: doc: Document another interface change in 1.37 (authored by werner).
doc: Document another interface change in 1.37
Feb 10 2021, 8:27 AM
werner committed rGf9e4dae08d7c: build: Make make distcheck work again. (authored by werner).
build: Make make distcheck work again.
Feb 10 2021, 8:15 AM
werner committed rG209b7113f349: tools: Remove the symcryptrun tool. (authored by werner).
tools: Remove the symcryptrun tool.
Feb 10 2021, 8:15 AM
gniibe created T5293: gpg-error.m4 should search gpg-error.pc under the paths of gpgrt-config.
Feb 10 2021, 4:57 AM · gpgrt

Feb 9 2021

werner added a comment to T5291: gpg fails to recognize signatures if signer's user ID subpacket is present with the critical bit set .

Critical attributes are well known from CMS and X.509 and some have a history which can only be described as cargo cult. We should not allow them in the OpenPGP ecosystem without giving them a specific semantic aside from "we do something with it".

Feb 9 2021, 6:35 PM · gnupg (gpg22), Bug Report
werner closed T5290: the stable 2.2 branch no longer builds symcryptrun, but it ships the symcryptrun.1 manpage as Resolved.

Done. FWIW. in 2.3 symcryptrun will be removed entirely.

Feb 9 2021, 6:32 PM · Documentation, gnupg (gpg22), Bug Report
werner committed rGdb687d15e653: doc: Remove man page for symcryptrun. (authored by werner).
doc: Remove man page for symcryptrun.
Feb 9 2021, 6:29 PM
dkg added a comment to T5291: gpg fails to recognize signatures if signer's user ID subpacket is present with the critical bit set .

RFC 4880 says:

Feb 9 2021, 2:19 PM · gnupg (gpg22), Bug Report
Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org> committed rLIBKLEO0996a40f41b4: GIT_SILENT: prepare 5.16.3 (authored by Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org>).
GIT_SILENT: prepare 5.16.3
Feb 9 2021, 1:36 PM
Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org> committed rKLEOPATRA69cb338864da: GIT_SILENT: prepare 5.16.3 (authored by Laurent Montel <montel@kde.org>).
GIT_SILENT: prepare 5.16.3
Feb 9 2021, 1:32 PM
jap added a comment to T5292: regression: no longer possible to get signatures from decrypt from unknown keys.

Feb 9 2021, 1:11 PM · patch, Python, gpgme, Bug Report
jap created T5292: regression: no longer possible to get signatures from decrypt from unknown keys.
Feb 9 2021, 1:11 PM · patch, Python, gpgme, Bug Report
ikloecker added a comment to T5175: Kleopatra: Add support for custom groups.

Where should groups be listed? Should groups be listed in the main key/certificates view?

Feb 9 2021, 10:29 AM · Restricted Project, kleopatra
ikloecker added a comment to T5239: Add UI for managing groups.

Added a first version of the UI. Key list still needs to be changed from a simple list view to the usual multi-column tree view.

Feb 9 2021, 10:02 AM · Restricted Project, kleopatra
ikloecker committed rKLEOPATRAfda5f44e6dd6: Update updated group in certificate lineedit (authored by ikloecker).
Update updated group in certificate lineedit
Feb 9 2021, 9:47 AM
ikloecker committed rKLEOPATRAd736c350ad22: Add button for editing group to group details dialog (authored by ikloecker).
Add button for editing group to group details dialog
Feb 9 2021, 9:47 AM
ikloecker committed rKLEOPATRA15fb36c3edde: Add dialog for editing groups of keys (authored by ikloecker).
Add dialog for editing groups of keys
Feb 9 2021, 9:47 AM
ikloecker committed rKLEOPATRAeb7a1909ae42: Adapt to changed interface of KeyGroup (authored by ikloecker).
Adapt to changed interface of KeyGroup
Feb 9 2021, 9:47 AM
ikloecker committed rLIBKLEOb0672209e05c: Bump library version (authored by ikloecker).
Bump library version
Feb 9 2021, 9:44 AM
ikloecker committed rLIBKLEOcef028c24d31: Allow updating a group of keys (authored by ikloecker).
Allow updating a group of keys
Feb 9 2021, 9:44 AM
ikloecker committed rLIBKLEO89cbb4ea423f: Remove duplicate keys from the result of getGroupKeys() (authored by ikloecker).
Remove duplicate keys from the result of getGroupKeys()
Feb 9 2021, 9:44 AM
ikloecker committed rLIBKLEO74f4a32ba89f: Add a unique, runtime-constant identifier to groups (authored by ikloecker).
Add a unique, runtime-constant identifier to groups
Feb 9 2021, 9:44 AM
ikloecker committed rLIBKLEOa512cb35183c: Allow adding/removing keys to/from a group of keys (authored by ikloecker).
Allow adding/removing keys to/from a group of keys
Feb 9 2021, 9:44 AM
ikloecker committed rLIBKLEO9b88be979703: Store keys of a group as set instead of vector (authored by ikloecker).
Store keys of a group as set instead of vector
Feb 9 2021, 9:44 AM
werner triaged T5286: Calculate Z hash for sm2 as Low priority.

We need more information on the why and when of this change. We don't want to maintain different versions of the same algorithm. The I-D expired more than 6 years ago and thus it should not be used as a reference.

Feb 9 2021, 7:58 AM · Not A Bug, Info Needed, libgcrypt, Feature Request
gniibe added a comment to T5289: gen-lock-obj.sh uses echo -n from /bin/sh, which echos "-n".

POSIX says so (use printf instead).
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/echo.html

Feb 9 2021, 7:58 AM · MacOS, gpgrt, Bug Report
werner triaged T5290: the stable 2.2 branch no longer builds symcryptrun, but it ships the symcryptrun.1 manpage as Normal priority.
Feb 9 2021, 7:56 AM · Documentation, gnupg (gpg22), Bug Report
werner closed T5291: gpg fails to recognize signatures if signer's user ID subpacket is present with the critical bit set as Wontfix.

Without any defined semantic it is not proper to ignore a critical bit. The software which created this keyblock seems to aim for incompatibility.

Feb 9 2021, 7:55 AM · gnupg (gpg22), Bug Report
werner added a comment to T5289: gen-lock-obj.sh uses echo -n from /bin/sh, which echos "-n".

iirc the advise from the GNU coding standards is to use printf(1) instead of trying to figure out how echo(1) works.

Feb 9 2021, 7:53 AM · MacOS, gpgrt, Bug Report
dkg created T5291: gpg fails to recognize signatures if signer's user ID subpacket is present with the critical bit set .
Feb 9 2021, 6:53 AM · gnupg (gpg22), Bug Report
gniibe committed rE99ae862a96a5: Support cross-compiling on more platforms. (authored by gniibe).
Support cross-compiling on more platforms.
Feb 9 2021, 5:27 AM
gniibe added a comment to T5289: gen-lock-obj.sh uses echo -n from /bin/sh, which echos "-n".

Thank you. I'll fix. Perhaps, I'll ignore old UNIXen like AIX 6.1, which has no way to echo with no newlines.

Feb 9 2021, 3:48 AM · MacOS, gpgrt, Bug Report