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kdeutils package

KGpg cannot select $HOME/.gnupg/gpg.conf

Bug #119263 reported by Milan Knizek
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kgpg

It is not possible to select the gpg.conf file when it is in a hidden directory (i.e. directory starting with dot).

In KGpg Configure window, part relating to GnuPG Settings, it is possible to open the file selection window (Change), manually type in the full path to gpg.conf (I do not have hidden files shown in KDE, hence directory '.gnupg' is not visible in the folder listing), but pressing enter or clicking ok is ignored (nothing happens and the window must be closed using cancel).

As a workaround, I have created a symlink 'ln -s ${HOME}/.gnupg ${HOME}/gnupg'
Then clicking on the gnupg directory and pressing okey works.

I am using Kubuntu Feisty, latest updates.

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Confirmed, although the default location established when you install kgpg is ${HOME}/.gnupg, so the impact is low (most people won't ever need to change it).

Changed in kdeutils:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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Milan Knizek (knizek) wrote :

Yep, you are right.

However, if I recall correctly, my fault was that I did not know that KGpg does not create the ${HOME}/.gnupg/gpg.conf file (it is not able to create it if the file does not exist - hence any changes in the settings, which relate to gpg.conf are ignored - like "use gpg agent").

Therefore I created the gpg.conf manually. Further KGpg had default option to search ${HOME}/.gnupg/options.cfg - which is not the default name for gnupg configuration file, neither. To solve it, I tried to set the pgp.conf manually and the result was the bug above.

Maybe there is some way how KGpg rescans the preset ${HOME}/.gnupg directory to find the new pgp.conf without the need to open the directory browser window, but I have not discovered it.

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Colby W. (yorokobi) wrote :

Quit/exit out of KGpg and edit $HOME/.kde/share/config/kgpgrc then under [GPG Settings] add

gpg_config_path=$HOME/.gnupg/gpg.conf

Start KGpg up again and it'll use the correct config file.

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FriedChicken (domlyons) wrote :

I've tried what Coby Williams wrote and it worked. Shouldn't this be a standard setting?

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FriedChicken (domlyons) wrote :

I have to add that I had this problem with KGpg KDE4: bug #273228

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Bug needs to be forwarded to http://bugs.kde.org

Changed in kdeutils-kde4:
status: New → Invalid
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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote :

Hi there!

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!

Changed in kdeutils (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in kdeutils:
status: New → Invalid
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