Re: [9front] marshal(1) and pgp

[mkf9 <mkf9@riseup.net>]

take a look at contrib, I recall some version did existed there.

walk contrib | grep '(ppg|gpg)'

Oct 5, 2024 4:33:56 PM chris@chrisfroeschl.de:

> marshal(1) advertises the -pe and -ps flags to encrypt/sign the input.
>
> The flags are indeed implemented 
> (/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/marshal.c:389) using
> a /bin/pgp (/sys/src/cmd/upas/marshal/marshal.c:1171) .
>
> Does anyone know what this pgp exec is? Some historic relict?
>
> I'm only aware of moody's https://github.com/majiru/pgp .
>
> I see three options:
> 1. Remove those flags since there is no real standard pgp
> 2. Define/Ship a standard pgp for 9front
> 3. Move pgp logic into it's own more independent component
>     to be piped or offered through the mail client
>     (like an extra nedmail option or something like that)
>     (a better architecture?)
>    
> I would work out a patch if an appropiate solution is found.
>
> I'm currently using moodys pgp with a patched marshal. Regarding 2.,
> I don't think that the golang pgp implemenation would really fit into
> the 9front release, since this would be the first golang project to
> be part of the standard build.
>
> Feel free to comment.
>
> chris