kmail always tries all keys, and asks for passphrases without need, if you have several private keys that match OpenPGP message

Bug #505478 reported by LimCore
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kdepim (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdepim

If I have an message that is encrypted for OpenPGP keys A B and C,
and I do have private keys of A and B,
then kmail will always ask me for passhprase to key A, even if key B is already "opened" (cached passpharse).

1. have email encrypted for OpenPGP keys A B and C
2. have private key of A and B
3. open that email in kmail
4. you are asked for passprhrase for A
5. cancel it
6. you are asked for passprhrase for B
7. enter it
8. message is decrypted
so far all is ok, but the problem is:

9. select again this email or other similar email
10. you are asked for passphrase to A
11. cancel it
12. message is decrypted (using key B)

Insted, expected result would be to skip step 10 and 11

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 10 14:36:08 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kmail 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: kdepim
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64

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LimCore (limcore) wrote :
LimCore (limcore)
summary: - kmail always asks for all passphrases if you have several private keys
- that match OpenPGP message
+ kmail always ties all keys, and asks for passphrases without need, if
+ you have several private keys that match OpenPGP message
summary: - kmail always ties all keys, and asks for passphrases without need, if
+ kmail always tries all keys, and asks for passphrases without need, if
you have several private keys that match OpenPGP message
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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Hi there,

Thanks for reporting this bug! Your bug seems to be a problem with the KDE program itself, and not with our KDE packages. While we appreciate your issue, it would be better if it was tracked at https://bugs.kde.org, so that the KDE developers can deal with this speedily and have direct communication with you as the reporter for more effective debugging.

Thanks!

Changed in kdepim (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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