[Enigmail] Enigmail hanging after unclean gpg shutdown

[Patrick Brunschwig]

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Georgi Hristozov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Patrick Brunschwig написа:
>> <snip>
>>
>> The problem is that GnuPG doesn't tell in a proper (i.e. parseable,
>> unique, non-localized) way that it's waiting for a lock. Checking for
>> something like "gpg: waiting for lock" doesn't succeed because the
>> message is different if GnuPG is used e.g. in German or French.
>>
>> -Patrick
> 
> Isn't it possible for Enigmail to give up after a reasonable amount of
> time and tell the user that something's wrong with gpg?

Not without rewriting half of the backend. But I just learned that the
authors of GnuPG have enhanced the algorithm for detecting dead lock
files; the problem will thus go away automatically.

- -Patrick
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