Hey all, I do have an update on this effort, though to make a long story short, "the code works and I don't know why."
When I try to install gpg 2.5.1 "system-wide," the executables end up in /usr/local/bin. This sounds fine and normal, but in this state, I encounter two problems: 1. the prior error regarding "invalid public key alg" and even the gpgconf error persist; 2. when I try to do an `apt update`, the package manager gets confused and says "Unknown error executing apt-key." Thankfully, I can remedy this error by overwriting the /usr/local/bin executables with version 2.4.5 of the library. if I try setting the GNUPGHOME variable (which is something I admit I do not fully understand) and then copy the "pinentry" binaries to the right directory, the system actually works and generates a Kyber key -- and encryption/decryption appears to work when selecting that subkey! In any case, thank you so much. -Vince On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 5:50 AM NIIBE Yutaka <gni...@fsij.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > Vincent Cozzo wrote: > > So, the first `agent_genkey` call works just fine (`err` code is > > zero), but the subsequent agent_genkey returns `16777220`... > [...] > > So there is very possibly a problem with how I installed the new > > binary. In full disclosure, I tried to "compile" the GnuPG binaries > > without "installing" them, which might be the root cause of my errors. > > I think that this is the case. In this case, as the function name > suggests (agent_genkey), it is actually the gpg-agent which uses > libgcrypt for key generation. If your gpg-agent is using the old > version of libgcrypt, it fails. > > For testing, you can invoke a shell under gpg-agent by doing like: > > $ export GNUPGHOME=$(mktemp -d) > $ LD_LIBARRY_PATH=<the-path-to-new-libgcrypt> gpg-agent --daemon /bin/bash > [...] > $ gpg ... > $ exit > > Then, followng gpg invocations will connect to the agent which > runs with the LD_LIBARRY_PATH specified. > -- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
