Package: crypt++el Version: 2.92-1 Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss
I store my passwords in an encrypted file, and used crypt++el mode to edit them so that I don't have a plaintext version of sensitive data on disk. However, after typing in the password in Emacs, the unencrypted data has little changes scattered throughout the file. At first I thought I was making typos but if I fix the character, the exact same corruption happens again. This problem has been plaguing me for about a year on multiple boxes. I've been regularly upgrading XEmacs and crypt++el, to no avail. This bug is filed on the ppc platform, but I've also reproduced it on amd64. Please let me know Steps to reproduce: 1. Unpack http://www.menalto.com/.outgoing/debian/crypt++el-bug.zip 2. Run "crypt test < test.cry" and see what the data should look like 3. Run "xemacs test.cry" and enter "test" as the password 4. See lines 5 and 8 are mangled like this: - low security: (no passwordB common^Ûsecure password: a0b1c2d3 (hopefully the special character between "common" and "secure" comes across in this bug report). If I had to take a wild guess at this, I'd say that it's something to do with emacs codepages. But I don't know enough to be sure and haven't spent enough time digging. This is a particularly scary problem though because if it makes a subtle corruption to one of my passwords (which are already random values) then I'll have a hard time figuring out and fixing it. ++ -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-powerpc Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages crypt++el depends on: ii xemacs21-mule [emacsen] 21.4.19-1 highly customizable text editor -- crypt++el recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
