Debian bug report logs - #1103
pgp-i won-t generate key

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To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: Re: Bug#1103: pgp-i won-t generate key
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 21:34:13 +0200
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> > Can't create output file '/root/.pgp/secring.pgp'
> > Can't create output file '/root/.pgp/pubring.pgp'
> > Key generation completed.
>
> Clearly the program should abort, rather than claiming to have
> completed successfully.

Agreed. Some other fellow reported a similar bug under MS-DOS: if secring.pgp
is write-protected, PGP displays "Key generation completed", even though it
fails. I haven't looked into it yet, but I'll see what I can do.

> but last time I looked at the PGP code
> it was a complete nightmare,

I know. ;)


Regards,

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Stale


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From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Stale Schumacher <pgp-bugs@ifi.uio.no>,
        mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell), debian-bugs@pixar.com
Subject: Re: Bug#1103: pgp-i won-t generate key

Bill Mitchell writes in Debian GNU/Linux bug report #1103 against
PGP 2.6.2i:
> We need to generate 320 random bits.  This is done by measuring the
> time intervals between your keystrokes.  Please enter some random text
> on your keyboard until you hear the beep:
>  -Enough, thank you.
> .......................**** ...............****
> Can't create output file '/root/.pgp/secring.pgp'
> Can't create output file '/root/.pgp/pubring.pgp'
> Key generation completed.

Clearly the program should abort, rather than claiming to have
completed successfully.

I would have provided a patch, but last time I looked at the PGP code
it was a complete nightmare, and I don't trust myself to touch it.

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Ian Jackson.

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Subject: pgp-i won-t generate key

Package: pgp-i
Version: 2.6.2i
Revision: 2


We need to generate 320 random bits.  This is done by measuring the
time intervals between your keystrokes.  Please enter some random text
on your keyboard until you hear the beep:
 -Enough, thank you.
.......................**** ...............**** 
Can't create output file '/root/.pgp/secring.pgp'
Can't create output file '/root/.pgp/pubring.pgp'
Key generation completed.