GNU bug report logs - #43704
26.1: gpg error on passphrase typo

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>

Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.1

Fixed in version 28.1

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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 43704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43704: 26.1: gpg error on passphrase typo
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:41:31 +0200

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

> I'm not sure whether there's any way for epa to know at this point
> whether the failure was due to a wrong password or something else, so
> I'm not sure a user-error would be appropriate.  Anybody know?

Duh.  The *error* window is right there:

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Error while decrypting with "/usr/bin/gpg2":

gpg: AES256 encrypted data
gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase
gpg: decryption failed: Bad session key

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So I guess "Bad session key" is the clue here...


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