[Bug 1710309] Re: Backup does not recognize gpg 2 option and fails

2017-08-14 Thread Mats Andtbacka
duplicity cannot be expected to parse gpg.conf, no, nor to control gnupg to such an extent. but if duplicity is to call out to gnupg for encryption services, then duplicity can IMO be expected to recover gracefully from catastrophic failures on gnupg's behalf to perform, even when it arguably

[Bug 1710309] Re: Deja-dup fails to create encrypted backup

2017-08-12 Thread Mats Andtbacka
addendum: editing my gpg.conf to comment out the version-2-only options appears to make deja-dup run correctly. this seems to be at least a workaround, if not the complete solution. it's regrettable that gnupg versions 1 and 2 use the same config file, with options not being backwards compatible.

[Bug 1710309] Re: Deja-dup fails to create encrypted backup

2017-08-12 Thread Mats Andtbacka
output from points 1--3, in file "details.1.txt". output from point #4, in file "deja-dup.log". this bug tracker appears to be limited to one attachment per comment, so i zipped the files together and attached the archive. thank you for instructions on how to create the deja-dup debug log file

[Bug 1710309] [NEW] Deja-dup fails to create encrypted backup

2017-08-11 Thread Mats Andtbacka
Public bug reported: Attempting to create a full backup to a SMB NAS, succeeds if backup is set to unencrypted. Fails if password is specified. Symptom: deja-dup loops endlessly through "scanning" -> "encryption password needed" -> "require password?" and round and round. Possibly related to