Package: libcrypt-gpg-perl Version: 1.42-2 Severity: wishlist With the Debian version of Crypt::GPG being significantly different than what is at CPAN, I think this is the best place to bring this up.
In debugging this application, I've been listing, retrieving and saving keys into the keyrings without problem. Today I tried generating a key pair and gpg hung. I was running the program inside emacs using perldb. I had not specified a default secret key or passphrase. I was attempting to make 2048 bit keys, and arranged for quite a few processes to generate entropy. I also let the thing run for 5 hours. So, it isn't the fault of /dev/random running out of entropy which hung it. I tried to set gpgbin to "/usr/bin/strace -ogpg.strace /usr/bin/gpg" since the man page suggests gpgbin is looking for a string. Looking in backtick(), Crypt::GPG is running things by exec'ing a list, which I expect is the safer way to run the binary. So, I also tried giving gpgbin a list of '/usr/bin/strace', '-o', 'gpg.strace', '/usr/bin/gpg' (or combining -o and gpg.strace). It doesn't like that either. I guess I'll try a few other things. But, having some way to spawn gpg using strace would be nice to try and find out what is hanging gpg. Hence why I call it wishlist. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages libcrypt-gpg-perl depends on: ii gnupg 1.4.5-1 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii libexpect-perl 1.15-5 Expect.pm - Perl Expect interface ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-5 Time and date functions for Perl ii perl [libtime-hires-perl] 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction libcrypt-gpg-perl recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
