Bug#3111: pgp-i doesn't create ~/.pgp

[Richard Kettlewell <richard@elmail.co.uk>]

joost witteveen writes:

>Of cource it didn't create ~/.pgp, because it cannot. It COULD create
>~/.pgp for all current users (tough some users may not like that, if
>they are close to there quota, and for user ftp it's inappropriate),
>but it cannot know what users will be added later. So, if you want to
>use pgp, you'll have to add a ~/.pgp on your own directory.

I agree that it shouldn't create things on installation, nor add them
to /etc/skel; but I think it should create the directory if a user
runs it and the directory isn't there.

A wrapper script should be adequate for this if a patch to the source
is felt to be the wrong thing to do.

- Richard

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