Re: [gentoo-user] GnuPG Trouble - Found Problem, Need Solution

On Sunday 23 April 2006 02:17 pm, Mick wrote:
> On 23/04/06, lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com <lordsauronthegreat@×××××.com>
wrote:
> > I've been trying to find why I am unable to use GnuPG-agent to sign my
> > messages in KMail, and rather have to type in a password in all the time
> > through KGPG.  The problem is that the GnuPG agent in the x86 area is
> > version 1.4.2.2, yet KMail demands verison 1.9
> >
> > I don't think it wise to change to ~x86, yet I still would like to use
> > GnuPG's agent.  I think my options are as such:
> >
> > 1)  Download version 1.9 from GnuPG's website and install it.  Why
> > haven't I done this?  I don't know how to install something in Gentoo
> > without it being as simple as emerge.  I don't know how to install from a
> > file on the hard drive.
> >
> > 2)  Forget KMail and signing my messages and go back to GMail.
> >
> > 3)  Continue typing in my password every time I send a email.
> >
> > 4)  Hack my way through some older versions of KMail and rip out the
> > demand for a new version of GnuPG and replace it with the older part of
> > KMail that could work with 1.4.  Not a fun idea, 'cause I want to go do
> > other things.
> >
> > I find it curious that such a problem is living in current source
> > repository for Gentoo.  I'm positive this isn't intentional, but at very
> > least I'd like to know if anything's being done to fix it.  Plus, if
> > GnuPG 1.9 is so experimental, then how can KMail need 1.9?  It makes no
> > sense to me...
>
> I've added 1.9 in /etc/portage/package.keywords like so:
> ==========================
> =app-crypt/gpg-agent-1.9.19 ~x86
> =dev-libs/libksba-0.9.12 ~x86
> =dev-libs/libassuan-0.6.10 ~x86
> ==========================
> and emerged gpg-agent.  I think that would be the easiest way to
> achieve what you want.

So I did some hunting and somewhat successfully fixed it.  However, it now 
gives me this output which I think could become problematic in the future:

--- Invalid atom in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: 
=dev-libs/libassuan-0.6.10 ~x86
--- Invalid atom in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: 
=dev-libs/libksba-0.9.12 ~x86
--- Invalid atom in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: 
=app-crypt/gpg-agent-1.9.19 ~x86

This isn't good.  It's emerging the stuff now, but I want to get rid of this 
(the right way, not the it's-still-broken-but-we're-pretending-it's-not way).

Anyone know what I did wrong?