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Bug 486914 - =app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.21-r1 install message mentions images, is this necessary?
Summary: =app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.21-r1 install message mentions images, is this necessary?
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor
Assignee: Crypto team [DISABLED]
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Reported: 2013-10-03 23:03 UTC by Ulenrich
Modified: 2014-02-15 23:47 UTC (History)
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Description Ulenrich 2013-10-03 23:03:09 UTC
I ever get this message when emerging gnupg and wonder if something is missing:
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* Messages for package app-crypt/gnupg-2.0.21-r1:

 * If you wish to view images emerge:
 * media-gfx/xloadimage, media-gfx/xli or any other viewer
 * Remember to use photo-viewer option in configuration file to activate
 * the right viewer.
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But then: how to view motion pictures?
Really I don't get it: How is a photo-viewer related to gnupg?



Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-10-03 23:42:41 UTC
http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/GPG-Configuration-Options.html
http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/OpenPGP-Key-Management.html

Search for photo in these documentation pages and it will become clear; in short, you can add a JPEG photo to your public key which others can then view. Other formats than JPEG appear not to be supported.
Comment 2 Ulenrich 2013-10-04 00:11:47 UTC
We should not add documentation for handling very special features to our portage messages. To this case seems like if installing vim you give the message:
If you want to program don't forget to install gdb as debugger. 
Really unrelated to admin the setup of a machine, which is what messages should relate to: the emerging of the overall setup!

All over the place these weird portage messages this comes to the disadvantage nobody will read this stuff anymore ...
Comment 3 Ulenrich 2013-10-04 00:16:29 UTC
... and we suffer in the forums: We need to give advice for things that are clearly stated in portage messages ...
Comment 4 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-02-01 23:54:09 UTC
I'll assign for them to consider, maybe this could move to README.gentoo.
Comment 5 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-02-15 23:47:11 UTC
The names of the packages is genetoo specific so there is some sense in keeping this, the instructions of usage should be acquired from upstream documentations.