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Nov 23 2016

headsup added projects to T2851: redefinition of typedef 'rfc822parse_t': gnupg, Bug Report.
Nov 23 2016, 4:36 PM · Bug Report, gnupg
headsup set Version to 2.1.16 on T2851: redefinition of typedef 'rfc822parse_t'.
Nov 23 2016, 4:36 PM · Bug Report, gnupg

Oct 31 2016

headsup added a comment to T2824: [patch] consistent mark include of readline.h (fixes older compiler error).

D388: 899_ffi.c.diff

Oct 31 2016, 3:58 PM · Bug Report, gnupg
headsup added projects to T2824: [patch] consistent mark include of readline.h (fixes older compiler error): gnupg, Bug Report.
Oct 31 2016, 3:58 PM · Bug Report, gnupg
headsup set Version to 2.1.15 on T2824: [patch] consistent mark include of readline.h (fixes older compiler error).
Oct 31 2016, 3:58 PM · Bug Report, gnupg

Jan 21 2015

headsup added a comment to T1814: Add option to output the signed text with --verify.

That's fine... or just make the wording in the man page more clear. Under
--verify, it talks about using --output with cleartext signed data. That seemed
to imply (to me) that --output is used _with_ --verify. I think it should be
clearer that --output is to be used _without_ --verify or that --output has no
effect when using --verify.

So this could be treated as just a documentation bug rather than create yet
another new option.

For what it's worth, I don't think backward compatibility is an important
concern here. If someone was using --output with --verify before, they likely
were under the impression that the combination worked when in reality the two
options together just weren't a valid combination. It seems unlikely that
anyone would depend on --output being ignored when used with --verify, and so
making the combination work now should not cause legitimate compatibility problems.

If the combination of --output with --verify is not made to work, there should
probably be a warning emitted (in addition to fixing the documentation).

In summary, it seems to me that viable options are at least the following:

  • make --output work with --verify (possibly bad for compatibility reasons in

the rare use case of someone depending on current behavior of the currently
invalid combination)

  • fix man page in the --verify section - specifically, clarify the text

discussing using --output

  • add some new option
  • warn if an invalid combination of options exists (e.g., --verify with

--current in the current implementation <= 2.1.1)

These are not necessarily exclusive choices.

I guess I would prefer to allow the combination to work or warn and fix the
docs. Not as keen to add yet another new option - there's already a lot.

I can work up a patch if we can settle on a direction.

Jan 21 2015, 5:45 PM · gnupg, Feature Request

Jan 13 2015

headsup set Version to 2.1.1 (at least) on T1814: Add option to output the signed text with --verify.
Jan 13 2015, 1:40 AM · gnupg, Feature Request
headsup added a project to T1814: Add option to output the signed text with --verify: Bug Report.
Jan 13 2015, 1:40 AM · gnupg, Feature Request
headsup added a comment to T1813: [patch] dirmngr/Makefile.am - add gnutls cflags.

D280: 540_gpg211-dirmngr.patch

Jan 13 2015, 1:03 AM · gnupg, Bug Report, gnupg (gpg21), dirmngr
headsup added projects to T1813: [patch] dirmngr/Makefile.am - add gnutls cflags: dirmngr, gnupg (gpg21), Bug Report.
Jan 13 2015, 1:03 AM · gnupg, Bug Report, gnupg (gpg21), dirmngr