Debian bug report logs - #1103 pgp-i won-t generate key Package: pgp-i ; Reported by: mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell); 109 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From ifi.uio.no!staalesc Tue Aug 1 15:06:15 1995 Return-Path: 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 Subject: Re: Bug#1103: pgp-i won-t generate key Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 21:34:13 +0200 Organization: University of Oslo, Norway Reply-To: staalesc@ifi.uio.no 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to staalesc@ifi.uio.no : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1103 ; Package pgp-i . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Sat Jul 15 06:24:51 1995 Return-Path: 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 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. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1103 ; Package pgp-i . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From mdd.comm.mot.com!mitchell Fri Jul 14 15:55:38 1995 Return-Path: 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 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1103 ; Package pgp-i . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov