Re: [Mutt] #1138: mutt shouldn't ask for passphrases for keys that
#1138: mutt shouldn't ask for passphrases for keys that doesn't have a
secret-key
available
Changes (by brendan):
* type: defect => enhancement
Old description:
> {{{
> Package: mutt
> Version: 1.3.28-1
> Severity: normal
>
> [NOTE: this bug report has been submitted to the debian BTS as
> Bug#140432.
> Please Cc all your replies to 140432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .]
>
> From: Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: mutt shouldn't ask for passphrases for keys that doesn't have a
> secret-key available
> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:28:25 +0100
>
> Hi!
>
> I sometimes get bounces for encrypted messages I sent and think it's
> quite annoying that mutt seems to ask for the passphrase for its
> decryption but can't do that for obviously I don't have the secret-key
> for that message. This is just one kind of situation when this happens,
> there can be other reasons, too.
>
> So it would be great if mutt would be able to check the availability of
> a secret-key for decryption *before* it asks for the passphrase so it
> doesn't ask bogus questions where every answer simply is wrong.
>
> If this is implemented I guess this would also quite easily close the
> other bugreport I just submitted[1] for displaying the keyid for which
> key it wants the passphrase for. If you check for the secret key you
> can extract the info you need in there.
>
> TIA,
> Alfie
> [1] #140430
> --
> "Life is too important to take seriously."
> -- Corky Siegel
>
> >How-To-Repeat:
> >Fix:
> }}}
New description:
[NOTE: this bug report has been submitted to the debian BTS as
Bug!#140432.
Please Cc all your replies to 140432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .]
{{{
From: Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:28:25 +0100
}}}
Hi!
I sometimes get bounces for encrypted messages I sent and think it's
quite annoying that mutt seems to ask for the passphrase for its
decryption but can't do that for obviously I don't have the secret-key for
that message. This is just one kind of situation when this happens, there
can be other reasons, too.
So it would be great if mutt would be able to check the availability of a
secret-key for decryption *before* it asks for the passphrase so it
doesn't ask bogus questions where every answer simply is wrong.
If this is implemented I guess this would also quite easily close the
other bugreport I just submitted`[1]` for displaying the keyid for which
key it wants the passphrase for. If you check for the secret key you can
extract the info you need in there.
TIA,
Alfie
`[1] #140430`
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/1138#comment:1>