Re: [PATCH] GPG key-fetching

[Brian W. <wa...@lo...>]

> the attached patch replaces the dummy function (mc-gpg-fetch-key) by a
> real one. This makes it possible for Gnupg users to fetch keys from
> external servers.

I like it. Can the --recv-keys option accept arbitrary names? Or can it only
take hex keyids? If so, we should document that limitation heavily: none of
the other keyfetching code has it.

> The error handling is a bit, uh, binary. Do you think it needs to be
> more verbose (e.a. report the reason for failures)? I left this because
> if one has really trouble there exists the possibility to have a look at
> the gpg error buffer.

If it succeeds, it should list the number of keys imported (although really
what would be useful is the full name that's attached to the key, so you can
check to see if you got the right one). If it fails, perhaps we could just
(message) the contents of stderr-buf?

Worst case we could emit a message that suggests which buffer to look at for
the error messages. Also remember that the stderr buf is normally deleted
after the operation completes (I think).

thanks!
 -Brian