removing the secmem warning

Mikko Moilanen mikko.moilanen@reimari.net
Mon Jan 7 21:49:01 2002


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Viestiss=E4 Maanantai 7. Tammikuuta 2002 21:41, kirjoitit:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:29:54PM -0500, Frank Tobin wrote:
> > Hence, I suggest that by default, there no secmem warning, and that t=
here
> > should be an alternate option "secmem warning" which turns it on.
>
> "secmem" is covered in the README for those compiling for source.
> For those installing packages (rpms, debs, etc) then the package
> maintainer ought to get the package to set it up appropriately
> automatically.
>
> If people think it is a problem, then I would suggest that rather than
> removing the warning altogether a better option might be to change the
> message to:
>
> gpg: Warning: using insecure memory!
> see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html#q6.1 for information

My own first expression to that warning was, I become more confident for=20
opensoftware. It was kind of honest message. Not something that is common=
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proprietary OS/software. But that url would be nice add for instant knowh=
ow.
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