From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/40974 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Eliminate gpg-2comp default from gpg.el Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:08:11 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87n106jl2c.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035176446 3771 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:00:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:00:46 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 25201 invoked from network); 26 Dec 2001 10:44:42 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 26 Dec 2001 10:44:42 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16JBWF-0006Rx-00; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 04:42:43 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 26 Dec 2001 04:42:32 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id EAA12477 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 04:42:20 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 25168 invoked by alias); 26 Dec 2001 10:42:24 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 25163 invoked from network); 26 Dec 2001 10:42:24 -0000 Original-Received: from mail.s.netic.de (HELO mail.netic.de) (212.9.160.11) by gnus.org with SMTP; 26 Dec 2001 10:42:24 -0000 Original-Received: by mail.netic.de (Smail3.2.0.111/mail.s.netic.de) via LF.net GmbH Internet Services via remoteip 212.9.163.23 via remotehost mail.enyo.de with esmtp for mail.gnus.org id m16JBVu-001XB6C; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:42:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.2] (helo=deneb.enyo.de ident=exim) by mail.enyo.de with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1) id 16JBVk-0000E7-00 for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 11:42:12 +0100 Original-Received: from fw by deneb.enyo.de with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 16JBut-0000DB-00 for ding@gnus.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:08:11 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 28 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/21.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40974 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40974 The following patch removes the gpg-2comp default from gpg.el. gpg-2comp is just another script to obtain, and nowadays, it's neither recommended nor needed (it breaks OpenPGP compatibility, reduces interoperability with GnuPG users etc.). Catering for OpenPGP implementations with known security defects should not be on our agenda, either. Okay to commit? --- gpg.el.~1.16.~ Sun Aug 26 17:38:13 2001 +++ gpg.el Wed Dec 26 12:05:03 2001 @@ -227,12 +227,12 @@ (defcustom gpg-command-default-alist '((gpg . "gpg") - (gpg-2comp . "gpg-2comp")) + (gpg-2comp . "gpg")) "Default paths for some GnuPG-related programs. Modify this variable if you have to change the paths to the -executables required by the GnuPG interface. You can enter \"gpg\" -for `gpg-2comp' if you don't have this script, but you'll lose PGP -2.6.x compatibility." +executables required by the GnuPG interface. You can enter \"gpg-2comp\" +for `gpg-2comp' if you have obtained this script, in order to gain +PGP 2.6.x compatibility." :tag "GnuPG programs" :type 'gpg-command-alist :group 'gpg-options)