On 14.06.18 00:39, Micah Lee wrote:
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> So my question is, is it safe for split GPG to simply ignore the
> --log-file argument altogether? Or does Enigmail try to do something
> with that log file later on, and things will break if it's not there?


From what we know *currently* it seems OK to drop the --log-file argument.

However, the problem behind is that without --log-file, you get a
mixture of human-readable and machine-parseable output on stderr. You
cannot be sure that there is no other way to trick gpg into printing
human-readable output that looks like machine-parseable, and thus make
Enigmail think the message is signed/encrypted whatever.

I therefore recommend you change --log-file XXX to --log-file /dev/null.
This should be OK for Enigmail and equally prevent from such attacks.

-Patrick


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