Re: pgg-output-buffer gets created as a unibyte buffer

[Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>]

>>>>> In <b4my7xrfg5o.fsf@jpl.org> 
>>>>>	Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> wrote:
> >>>>> In <b4mpsj3gw1s.fsf@jpl.org> Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:
> Please ignore last sentence of mine.  Making pgg-*-buffer always
> unibyte is a good idea.  However, all the wrappers seem to have
> expected that it is multibyte, and it is actually so.

There is no problem with other MUA using PGG such as Wanderlust and
T-Gnus.  I think Gnus' usage of PGG is wrong.

> Although
> we will be able to change all of them, it might cause bugs at
> the beginning.  Moreover, we have to be careful especially in
> the v5-10 branch since the Emacs release is approaching.  Even
> so, we should run a risk?  In other words,

Well, if you would like to add such a kludge, please add your name on
the Maintainer: field and rename PGG to Gnus/PGG or such.  Of course I'm
not the developer nor the maintainer of that package.

I know that most Gnus people seem to prefer convenience over clearner
design or security.  For example, the original PGG does not use
`call-process-region' for security reason -- this function writes data
to a temporary file.  About three years ago, Gnus decided to use
`call-process-region' in PGG to avoid display blinking.  Since that
time, Gnus has been one of world's most insecure MUA.  Your passphrases
always leak to the filesystem.
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Daiki Ueno