From fac0e2d533427ba7afc2c11427f46acc57fa6be8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Schmidt Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:37:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Avoid false "wrong passphrase" messages in EPA * lisp/epa-file.el (epa--wrong-password-p): Use a stricter regexp to match "wrong passphrase" errors generated by GnuPG. (Bug#65316) --- lisp/epa-file.el | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lisp/epa-file.el b/lisp/epa-file.el index 4d8ca11e809..a27f241c0c3 100644 --- a/lisp/epa-file.el +++ b/lisp/epa-file.el @@ -123,9 +123,16 @@ encryption is used." (cons "Opening input file" (cdr error)))))) (defun epa--wrong-password-p (context) + "Return whether a wrong password caused the error in CONTEXT." (let ((error-string (epg-context-error-output context))) + ;; Use a strict regexp here that really only matches "wrong + ;; passphrase" errors to avoid hiding diagnostic information + ;; (bug#65316). Below regexp also can fail to match non-English + ;; messages, since at least the "decryption failed" part of it + ;; seems to be localized. But since this means false negatives + ;; this is probably OK. (and (string-match - "decryption failed: \\(Bad session key\\|No secret key\\)" + "decryption failed: \\(Bad session key\\|Bad passphrase\\)" error-string) (match-string 1 error-string)))) -- 2.39.2