[Enigmail] Different gpg2 versions in gpg2 --version and when signing with TB+EM - Linux Ubuntu 8.10_64bits

[Patrick Brunschwig]

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Charly Avital wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have compiled and installed gpg2.0.10rc1 under Linux Ubuntu 8.10_64bits.
> 
> I am running it with Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 + Enigmail  0.95.7 (20081209).
> 
> In Terminal:
> $ gpg2 --version
> gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.10rc1
> libgcrypt 1.4.3
> NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION!
> It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be
> used in a production environment or with production keys!
> Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> 
> Home: ~/.gnupg
> Supported algorithms:
> Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA
> Cipher: 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH
> Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
> Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB
> 
> But when I sign a message, the PGP footer shows version 2.0.9 (as you
> can see in this message).
> 
> I have queried Werner Koch, his answer is:
>> Enigmail seems to use another version of gpg2.  It is not possible that
>> a different version number is printed in Comment: than with --version.
>> I just checked; we use the very same macro.
> 
> In OpenPGP/Preferences the path is: /usr/local/bin/gpg2
> 
> And in Terminal:
> ~$ which gpg2
> /usr/local/bin/gpg2
> 
> In ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf I have enabled the option
> emit-version
> 
> After commenting (disabling) that option, quit and relaunch TB, there is
> no change, the printed version in comment remains gpg 2.0.9.
> IIRC from posts in this list, Enigmail has its own set of options, and
> does not, per force or at all, read gpg.conf.
> 
> I have searched in TB's Preferences/Advanced/Config Editor... for some
> setting that I could modify. I didn't find anything appropriate, but
> that does not mean there isn't such an editable setting. I don't know
> enough about those settings to choose the correct one, if it is there
> somewhere.

I'd suggest you check what is written in the Enigmail Console (OpenPGP >
Debugging options > Enigmail Console

Patrick

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