GNU bug report logs - #14720
24.2; EPA Verify fails with encrypted signed message

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Matt Puumala <pumie314 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 02:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.2

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 14720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mark Evenson <evenson <at> panix.com>
Cc: 14720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14720: Result of epa-verify-file ambiguous to the user
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:11:06 +0200

Mark Evenson <evenson <at> panix.com> writes:

> Pretty simple to replicate:
>
>   M-x epa-verify-file [RET] /etc/passwd
>
> will result in the minibuffer displaying "Verifying passwd...done."
> without any confirmation that the verification has failed.

I've now made this command tell the user that it couldn't verify the
file in Emacs 27.

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