[Enigmail] The debug file said one thing, i fixed that. console says another not so easily fixed.

[Alan Yoder]

Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> Alan Yoder wrote:
> > Initializing Enigmail service ...
> > 
> EnigmailAgentPath=G:\System\Apps\FEFECB84-0E05-42d8-B044-F2D0FCFF8C15\Data\gpg\g
> > o.bat
>
> > enigmail>
> > G:\System\Apps\FEFECB84-0E05-42d8-B044-F2D0FCFF8C15\Data\gpg\go.bat --
> > version --version --batch --no-tty --charset utf8
>
> > C:\Documents and Settings\patronxp\Application Data\U3>set 
> GNUPGhome=home
>
> > C:\Documents and Settings\patronxp\Application Data\U3>gpg --version
> > --version -
> > -batch --no-tty --charset utf8   
>
>
> > C:\Documents and Settings\patronxp\Application Data\U3>exit
>
> > 'gpg' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
>
> > operable program or batch file.
>
> > [end console]
> > Of course gpg isn't recognized as an internal or external command, or
> > batch file. it isn't in the path.
> > However, it is in the same directory as go.bat which i set as my gpg.exe
> > with %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 in after the gpg, because i didn't know
> > how many things enigmail would send to gpg.
> > It appears to be running from c:, not g: where the bat file is located.
> > this is confusing.
> > Is the go.bat file constructed improperly? is enigmail ok with having an
> > intermediary .bat file between itself and gpg?
>
> The .bat file won't work. Enigmail cannot make use of batch files on
> Windows, that's the simple full story (besides this, just allowing for 9
> command line parameters would not be sufficient). You'll have to find
> another solution than wrapping gpg.exe in a .bat file.
>
Is there another one to find?
Someone wrote about u3-izing gpg, though this is a bit beyond me, 
besides I'd have to play with gpg from source, and apart from scaring me 
no end, it means that I can't just package it up nicely. Or maybe I 
misread that.


> -Patrick
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