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claws-mail plugins not updated

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From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: julien lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
Cc: 30123 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30123: claws-mail plugins not updated
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:32:20 +0100

Hi Julien,

On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 at 14:52, julien lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> 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

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