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Bug 950668 - app-crypt/gnupg: handling freepg patches (maybe package app-crypt/freepg separately)
Summary: app-crypt/gnupg: handling freepg patches (maybe package app-crypt/freepg sepa...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2025-03-05 22:06 UTC by Sam James
Modified: 2025-03-05 22:06 UTC (History)
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Description Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2025-03-05 22:06:13 UTC
Several distributions are now using 'FreePG' which is a patchset on top of GnuPG. It includes some interop fixes for other PGP implementations (see bug 926186 as well -- where clearly the patch isn't actually working fully either).

See also https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/01/msg00140.html.

We have a few options:
1) package freepg separately
2) have USE-conditional patches
3) unconditionally apply it

I think I prefer 1). We've seen 2) doesn't work well with e.g. openssh hpn and so on, and 3) goes against our usual policy of not being "political" with such forks.

Thoughts?