GNU bug report logs - #19960
epg: allow passing --keyring values via new epg-context-keyrings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:14:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 19960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>
To: Werner Koch <wk <at> gnupg.org>
Cc: 19960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>
Subject: Re: bug#19960: epg: allow passing --keyring values via new
 epg-context-keyrings
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:16:32 +0900

Werner Koch <wk <at> gnupg.org> writes:

> Using a different keyring may result in some surprising behaviour and
> thus I consider it is better to use use a different GNUPGHOME for a
> different configuration.

Thanks, I was expecting so.  Considering that, I'd suggest to make the
patch less generic.  That is, assuming that the main use-case of an
external keyring is signature verification, add an optional argument
KEYRING to epg-verify-*, instead of extending epg-context.

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno
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