[OpenIndiana-discuss] GPG2 on OI

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 10/2/21 um 1:01 PM schrieb stes at PANDORA.BE:
> ----- Op 1 okt 2021 om 20:25 schreef Discussion list for OpenIndiana openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org:
>
>> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GPG2 on OI, stes at PANDORA.BE said...:
>>
>>> Do we know whether the GNUPG developers are testing/developing with GNU
>>> libncurses ?
>>>
>>> Or whether they have access to a more traditional UNIX system with older
>>> original style, AT&T or BSD curses ?
>> The code is written to support both, though being a GNU project their
>> primary focus is ncurses.
> According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ncurses,
> ncurses is (nowadays) part of the GNU project but,
> under a permissive free software licence, similar to the MIT License.
>
> As a test I rebuilt the pinentry package to use libncurses :
>
>   COMPONENT_NAME=                pinentry
>   COMPONENT_VERSION=     1.1.0
> +COMPONENT_REVISION=    1
>   COMPONENT_SRC=         $(COMPONENT_NAME)-$(COMPONENT_VERSION)
>   COMPONENT_PROJECT_URL= http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/
>   COMPONENT_ARCHIVE=     $(COMPONENT_SRC).tar.bz2
> @@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ CONFIGURE_OPTIONS  +=         --infodir=$(CONFIGURE_INFODIR)
>   CONFIGURE_OPTIONS  +=          --enable-pinentry-curses
>   CONFIGURE_OPTIONS  +=          --enable-pinentry-gtk2
>   CONFIGURE_OPTIONS  +=          --disable-pinentry-qt
> -CONFIGURE_OPTIONS  +=          --disable-ncurses
>   CONFIGURE_OPTIONS  +=          --disable-pinentry-fltk
>
>   build: $(BUILD_64)
> @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ test: $(NO_TESTS)
>   REQUIRED_PACKAGES += library/desktop/gtk2
>   REQUIRED_PACKAGES += library/glib2
>   REQUIRED_PACKAGES += library/libsecret
> +REQUIRED_PACKAGES += library/ncurses
>
> This builds ok and it is possible to install that version:
>
> # pkg list -af pinentry
> security/pinentry                                 1.1.0-2020.0.1.0           ---
> security/pinentry (userland)                      1.1.0-2020.0.1.1           i--
>
> It uses libncurses:
>
> # ldd /usr/lib/pinentry-curses
> ...
>          libncurses.so.5 =>       /usr/lib/64/libncurses.so.5
>
> It seems that when I use text login console with TERM=sun-color,
> it now displays a frame.  It looks decent.
>
> I can enter a passphrase and it works.
>
> However it is unclear to me whether this is the right approach
> (to use libncurses).   That approach is not necessarily the right one.
>
> It changes the dependencies
>
> $ pkg contents -t depend pinentry
> TYPE    FMRI
> ...
> require pkg:/library/ncurses at 6.2.20200212-2020.0.1.1
> ...
> require pkg:/system/library at 0.5.11-2020.0.1.20711
>
>
> The version with libncurses still has issues.
>
> With the TERM=xterm-256color the frame looks weird, even with libncurses.
>
> So it is not solving all problems, although that it solves the sun-color TERM problem.
>
> David Stes
>
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Hi,

Today I have updated pinentry to the latest 1.2.0 version and also switched from curses to ncurses.
My hope is that this will solve many reported problems.

Regards,
Andreas