[Bug 1498679] [NEW] key generator loops forever when it cannot write to pubring.gpg

[Christopher Yeleighton]

Public bug reported:

My file .gnupg/pubring.gpg was not writeable.  I ran { gpg2 --gen-key; }
and it happily collected random bytes; however, it was unable to save
them in the end, so it would just restart.  The error message reported
by gpg2 is invisible when it is run by Enigmail; the result is that the
progress bar restarts forever.  The key generator should detect such a
problem and fail early instead of letting the operator wait forever.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gpgv2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-62.102-generic 3.13.11-ckt24
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-62-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Sep 23 00:09:08 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-20 (398 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: gnupg2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: gnupg2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  key generator loops forever when it cannot write to pubring.gpg

Status in gnupg2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My file .gnupg/pubring.gpg was not writeable.  I ran { gpg2 --gen-key;
  } and it happily collected random bytes; however, it was unable to
  save them in the end, so it would just restart.  The error message
  reported by gpg2 is invisible when it is run by Enigmail; the result
  is that the progress bar restarts forever.  The key generator should
  detect such a problem and fail early instead of letting the operator
  wait forever.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: gpgv2 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-62.102-generic 3.13.11-ckt24
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-62-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Sep 23 00:09:08 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-20 (398 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: gnupg2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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