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GnuPG 2.2.30 cannot do symmetric encryption

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52483: closed (GnuPG 2.2.30 cannot do symmetric encryption)
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 22:47:01 +0000

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: GnuPG 2.2.30 cannot do symmetric encryption
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:46:12 -0500

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Our GnuPG package is version 2.2.30, which includes this bug:

https://dev.gnupg.org/T5577

The effect of this bug is that symmetric encryption / decryption does
not work. The bug was fixed in 2.2.31 and 2.3.3.

Changing GnuPG will cause 2406 rebuilds. I think that's suboptimal but
it's the situation.

There is a gnupg-2.2.32 package, but it's hidden because it would break
emacs-pinentry:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm?id=861ee6d908fefc47d765f81e33cdf6f84b6d50eb#n350

Here is a patch that unhides gnupg-2.2.32, updates it to 2.2.33, and
makes emacs-pinentry use that package variant.

If emacs-pinentry cannot use a current GnuPG, what should we do? And
maybe we don't need emacs-pinentry anymore?:

https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/64721

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 52483-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52483: GnuPG 2.2.30 cannot do symmetric encryption
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:46:41 -0500

On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 03:36:25PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 03:25:42PM -0500, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> > > I tested with GnuPG 2.2.23 by building all packages that depend directly
> > > on GnuPG. There were no new failures on x86_64-linux when using GnuPG
> > > 2.2.32.
> 
> I see that my message was confusing, with mixed up version numbers.
> There's no regressions on x86_64 with 2.2.32. Since it fixes this bug,
> I'd like to make it available soon. Maybe we can unhide the gnupg-2.2.32
> variable, and remove emacs-pinentry, since everyone is saying that it's
> no longer useful.

I pushed commit d03aa942d, which makes GnuPG 2.2.32 available in the UI.
I didn't remove emacs-pinentry... that's something that Emacs users
should decide how to handle.

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