Bug#459693: libmail-gnupg-perl: mime_encrypt fails on bigger messages

[Niko Tyni]

tag 459693 patch upstream
forwarded 459693 http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=21276
thanks

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 02:27:58PM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:

> the problem is that Mail::GnuPG sends the whole message to gpg before
> reading any of its output. With large messages the pipe buffer fills up
> and both processes will block on write().
> 
> The same problem is also present when decrypting; it's reported upstream
> in rt.cpan.org tickets #21302 and #21276.
> 
> The Mail::GnuPG code needs to interleave the reading and writing with
> a select() loop. I have a patch almost ready, I'm just looking at
> integrating it with a better fix for #412041.

I'm attaching the patch I just sent upstream in rt.cpan.org #21276.
Note that this supersedes debian/patches/01_fix-race-on-bad-rcpts.patch
and also fixes #412041, so the old patch should be removed.

I won't upload a patched package right away: this is a rather substantial
change, and I'd prefer to get it integrated upstream.  Let's wait a
while for them to respond first.

Cheers,
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org
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