Bug 950668

Summary:	app-crypt/gnupg: handling freepg patches (maybe package app-crypt/freepg separately)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sam James <sam>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=926186
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sam James archtester

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?