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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#23402: pgp randseed deadlock
From:       MIC.Hostettler () t-online ! de
Date:       2001-03-31 12:56:12
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Package: kmail
Version: 1.2 (using KDE 2.1.0 )
Severity: normal
Installed from:    SuSE
Compiler:          Not Specified
OS:                Linux 2.2.14 i686
OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified

My kmail hung/was deadlocked
when i tried to test the encryption support in kmail
my pgp ver is 2.6.3i 
I did the following:
composed an empty message
said kmail  to encrypt & sign it.
sent it!
and kmail went busy and never returned and did not complain

it turned out that pgp needed a new random seed as it never had been used for \
encryption on this host before.

IF i get the command line from executing 'ps axfwww' and remove +BATCHMODE i can see \
that after suppling the text and passphrase pgp wanted another input, the random \
keystrokes.

so i think it is a deadlock, because kmail fails to supply that keystrokes and does \
wait indefinitly for pgp to complete.

so
Kmail shall try to detect if external programms do not behave like it expects them to \
an give the user useful feedback on that, simply deadlocking is not an option!!


Deadlock: two syncronized processes waiting indefinitly for eachother to complete







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