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Mail.app 5.1 with GPGMail won't open if volume with private key isn't mounted

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Will Styler

05 Dec, 2011 08:17 PM

Hello all,

I keep my GPG secret key on a separate, encrypted disk image, which I mount only when I need the secret keys. With the newest version of GPGMail (GPGMail 2.0a4), whenever I open Mail.app while the secret key disk is not mounted, Mail.app bounces, but then stops, and in the crash log, it seems to fail at:

1 org.gpgtools.gpgmail 0x000000010ae42957 -[GPGMailBundle loadGPGKeys] + 141

With older (pre-Lion) versions of GPGmail, although I couldn't encrypt or sign anything with that disk image unmounted, Mail would still open as normal. This is obviously preferred, as 99% of my mail is unencrypted and unsigned, and there's no sense having that disk mounted when it's not needed.

Is there anything I can change in the settings to change this behavior, or is this a bug which needs fixed?

Thanks,

Will

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Luke Le on 05 Dec, 2011 08:24 PM

   

   Hi will,

   that is a known Bug of the released Alpha Version.
   Next Release will fix that.

   I'll send you the link to a Version with the fix a
   little later

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2. Support Staff 2 Posted by Luke Le on 05 Dec, 2011 08:27 PM

   

   Now is later: http://cl.ly/1g0Z2e14142Z3k3q0C3V :)
   It's the dev version, but it should be pretty stable

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Luke Le on 05 Dec, 2011 08:28 PM

   

   The upcoming Version will also reload your keys once
   a diskimage is mounted and update the available keys appropriately

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4. 4 Posted by Will Styler on 05 Dec, 2011 08:31 PM

   

   Great! The a11 build doesn't have the bug (although it displays an error dialog (below) when starting mail if the image is unmounted). You all just keep improving this software, I appreciate it!

   Will

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Luke Le on 05 Dec, 2011 08:56 PM

   

   This should only show if your disk image holds the entire
   gpg installation

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6. 6 Posted by Will Styler on 05 Dec, 2011 09:01 PM

   

   Hmm, odd. It does not. The only file on the disk image (pertaining to GPG) is secring.gpg.

   Will

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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by Luke Le on 05 Dec, 2011 09:12 PM

   

   Interesting, i'll have a look into that and get back to you

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8. 8 Posted by Will Styler on 05 Dec, 2011 09:51 PM

   

   Please let me know if there's any additional information I can give.

   Will

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9. 9 Posted by Will Styler on 10 Dec, 2011 02:26 AM

   

   Luke,

   One other issue:

   If, with your GPG private key directory dismounted, you open a signed message (or a thread containing one), Mail crashes. Every time. Likely a similar problem, so I just wanted to report it.

   Thanks,

   Will

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10. Support Staff 10 Posted by Luke Le on 10 Dec, 2011 12:59 PM

    

    Oh, interesting, have seen that before.
    Could you send attach a crash log?

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11. 11 Posted by Will Styler on 12 Dec, 2011 06:02 PM

    

    Luke,

    Steps to reproduce:

    1) Dismount your Private Key.

    2) Close Mail

    3) Open Mail back up (You'll get that same little warning message)

    4) Open a signed message (if it doesn't work with any signed message, I'll forward the one that's killing me)

    5) Mail slows then crashes, never loading the message.

    Here's a crash log:

    Thanks,

    Will

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12. Support Staff 12 Posted by Luke Le on 12 Dec, 2011 06:07 PM

    

    Thanks for the detailed bug report.
    I'll investigate and try to reproduce it and will get back to you, once I know more.

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13. 13 Posted by Will Styler on 12 Dec, 2011 06:10 PM

    

    Also, for what it's worth, this is with the pre-release you sent.

    Will

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14. 14 Posted by Alex on 14 Dec, 2011 03:45 PM

    

    Created an issue report for it so we can hint this bug down. Have a look at http://gpgtools.lighthouseapp.com/projects/65764/tickets/392

    Thanks for the report.

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15. Alex closed this discussion on 14 Dec, 2011 03:45 PM.

16. Will Styler re-opened this discussion on 26 Dec, 2011 03:34 AM

17. 15 Posted by Will Styler on 26 Dec, 2011 03:34 AM

    

    Luke,

    This crash is still happening with the newest, Christmas release of GPGTools. The steps to reproduce are identical.

    Happy Holidays!

    Will

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18. 16 Posted by Alex on 26 Dec, 2011 09:53 AM

    

    Hi Will,

    thank you for your feedback. Yes, the above mentioned ticket ( http://gpgtools.lighthouseapp.com/projects/65764/tickets/392 ) is still open.

    Best regards, Alex

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19. Alex closed this discussion on 26 Dec, 2011 09:53 AM.