[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#509554: pinentry-curses destroys terminal settings

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Hi Antonio--

On Mon 2016-11-14 23:45:55 +0900, Antonio Ospite wrote:
> I still experience this issue with the vim-gnupg[1] plugin after
> I disable a workaround[2,3] its author added. JFYI I disable the
> workaround because it has side effects[4].

I don't think #509554 was about the gpg plugin -- was it?  (i'm not a
vim user).

It sounds like you might be asking about a different issue -- maybe it
should be a new bug report?

> So I looks like no proper solution was found in pinentry-curses (or
> vim?).
>
> This is how to reproduce the issue with vim 8.0, assuming you are not
> using the vim-gnupg plugin already.
>
> 1. Download the vim-gpg plugin and disable the workaround:
>
>   $ mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/pinentry-curses_test/start/
>   $ cd  ~/.vim/pack/pinentry-curses_test/start/
>   $ git clone https://github.com/jamessan/vim-gnupg.git
>   $ sed -e 's/[^"]\(let &term = &term\)/"\1/' -i vim-gnupg/plugin/gnupg.vim
>
> 2. Create an encrypted file and open it with the vim-gnupg plugin and
>    pinentry-ncurses:
>
>   $ sudo update-alternatives --set pinentry /usr/bin/pinentry-curses
>   $ echo RELOADAGENT | gpg-connect-agent
>   $ (echo LINE1 ; echo LINE2) | gpg -e > encrypted.gpg
>   $ vim encrypted.gpg

Arbitrary plugins for vim can produce arbitrary errors -- Does this
problem happen with the gnupg.vim in the vim-scripts package in debian?

        --dkg
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