Debian bug report logs - #1103 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1103: pgp-i won-t generate key Reply-To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 23:03:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: pgp-i X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Fri, 14 Jul 1995 23:03:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 071422564128299; Fri, 14 Jul 1995 22:56:41 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sWtdx-0005kvC; Fri, 14 Jul 95 15:55 PDT Received: from motgate.mot.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA13575 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 14 Jul 1995 15:54:04 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.7) with ESMTP id RAA07082 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 1995 17:55:34 -0500 Received: from mdd.comm.mot.com (mdisea.mdd.comm.mot.com [138.242.64.201]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.7) with SMTP id RAA27855 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 1995 17:55:33 -0500 Received: from bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com by mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA10011; Fri, 14 Jul 95 15:55:31 PDT Received: by bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA15571; Fri, 14 Jul 95 15:55:29 PDT Date: Fri, 14 Jul 95 15:55:29 PDT From: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Message-Id: <9507142255.AA15571@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) Subject: Bug#1103: Acknowledgement (was: pgp-i won-t generate key) In-Reply-To: <9507142255.AA15571@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> References: <9507142255.AA15571@bb29c.mdd.comm.mot.com> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1103" or "Re: Bug#1103" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1103: pgp-i won-t generate key Reply-To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 14:33:05 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: pgp-i X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 15 Jul 1995 14:33:05 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 071514313522231; Sat, 15 Jul 1995 14:31:36 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sX7D8-0007twC; Sat, 15 Jul 95 06:24 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21557 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 15 Jul 1995 06:23:15 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0sX7Cd-000BzjC; Sat, 15 Jul 95 14:24 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Sat, 15 Jul 95 01:14 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 15 Jul 95 01:14 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Stale Schumacher , mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell), debian-bugs@pixar.com 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. If/when you reply to this message (or forward it to the MIT bug address) could you please preserve the start of the Subject line and the CC to debian-bugs@pixar.com ? That'll allow our bug tracking system to file your messages along with the original report. Regards, Ian Jackson. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Subject: Bug#1103: Info received (was Bug#1103: pgp-i won-t generate key) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1103" or "Re: Bug#1103" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1103: pgp-i won-t generate key Reply-To: staalesc@ifi.uio.no, debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: staalesc@pobox.com (Stale Schumacher) Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 22:18:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: pgp-i X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Tue, 01 Aug 1995 22:18:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 08012207179559; Tue, 01 Aug 1995 22:07:17 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sdPS2-0004AqC; Tue, 1 Aug 95 15:06 PDT Received: from ifi.uio.no by pixar.com with SMTP id AA05237 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 1 Aug 1995 15:06:08 -0700 Received: from gymir.ifi.uio.no (2278@gymir.ifi.uio.no [129.240.80.2]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id ; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 00:06:09 +0200 Received: (from staalesc@localhost) by gymir.ifi.uio.no ; Wed, 2 Aug 1995 00:06:08 +0200 From: staalesc@pobox.com (Stale Schumacher) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Cc: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 21:34:13 +0200 Organization: University of Oslo, Norway Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <1GoHwgM0SpyV083yn@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: Lines: 24 > > 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, . Stale -- staalesc@pobox.com -- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~staalesc/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: staalesc@ifi.uio.no Subject: Bug#1103: Info received (was Bug#1103: pgp-i won-t generate key) In-Reply-To: <1GoHwgM0SpyV083yn@pobox.com> References: <1GoHwgM0SpyV083yn@pobox.com> Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1103" or "Re: Bug#1103" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov