Subject: Re: bug#30123: claws-mail plugins not updated

From: Julien Lepiller <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 20:28:23 -0500

The problem seems to be solved now. Thanks for reminding me of my old bugs :). Closing.

Le 24 novembre 2021 18:32:20 GMT-05:00, zimoun <[email-masked]> a écrit :
>Hi Julien,
>
>On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 at 14:52, julien lepiller <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> claws-mail has a plugin system to add functionnality. For instance, to add PGP
>> support, one has to load 3 plugins from the claws-mail package. By default,
>> claws-mail looks in its store directory to propose available plugins.
>>
>> When upgrading claws-mail, the configuration doesn't change. Plugins are still
>> looked for in the old store location, so old plugins are still used. This is
>> bad for security and compatibility. Another issue is when running guix gc
>> afterwards: the old plugins are deleted and claws-mail issues an error message
>> on startup because it cannot find them anymore.
>
>Reading the recent activity about claws-mail, is it still an issue?
>
>Cheers,
>simon