Re: Gnus and pgp

[Richard Riley]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:54:04 +0100 Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> 
> wrote: 
>
> RR> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>>> On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:08:11 +0100 Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote: 
>>> 
> RR> I wasn't aware you could do that! Works reliably now indicating an issue
> RR> with emacs talking to the agent.
>>> 
>>> Since EPA is part of Emacs proper, you should file a bug.  I know it's
>>> not easy to repeat the bug but it certainly seems annoying.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:20:44 +0100 Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote: 
>>> 
> RR> Works fine now with your suggestion. But now I am confused as to how to
> RR> correctly set this up. Do I still need to to set (nntp-authinfo-file
> RR> "~/.authinfo.gpg") for each secondary select method call? And if so,
> RR> where doe the epa set up come in? If you could explain how it fits
> RR> together that would be great.
>>> 
>>> I set the authinfo file globally, with just auth-sources.  I don't set
>>> it per select method.  You can, but the effect will be different and I
>>> don't know for sure it will work correctly.
>
> RR> Without specifying  (nntp-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo.gpg")
> RR> in my secondary methods it does not connect :-(
>
> RR> But just to confirm : with no such line gnus should use the
> RR> auth-sources?
>
> Yes.  It works for me with just setting auth-sources so you're either
> using different libraries from me or your configuration is different.
>
> Do you know ELisp well enough to debug the problem?
>
> Ted

I'm using the debian testing emacs 23.

I'll have a crack at debugging it some time next week.