Bug#3111: pgp-i doesn't create ~/.pgp
joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen) wrote on 24.05.96 in <[🔎] m0uN1H5-00012yC@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl>:
> >
> > Package: pgp-i
> > Version: 2.6.2i-5
> >
> > After installing pgp-i, I tried to generate a key and the key generation
> > process ended with:
> >
> > Can't create output file '/home/arrouye/.pgp/secring.pgp'
> > Can't create output file '/home/arrouye/.pgp/pubring.pgp'
> >
> > Creating ~/.pgp and trying again worked fine.
>
> 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 don't know the preferences of the original bug reporter, but surely it's
not the pgp-i install that should create those directories, but the key
generation step for user X?!
Just like ~/.elm isn't installed by the elm install, but when you first
try to use elm ...
MfG Kai
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