Impossible to create a new PGP key if a user doesn’t have GPG installed on the local computer.
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Description
Impossible to create a new PGP key if a user doesn’t have GPG installed on the local computer.
How to reproduce
- Create a user
- Select ‘Add a PGP key’
- Select ‘Get a new PGP key’
- Fill your name and emails
- Press the button for key creation
Expected result
A user should get a message that they need to install GPG. Or it should just work without it somehow.
Actual result
Nothing is happening: no error message and no key created.
After installing GPG with brew install gpg and restarting Keybase I can generate the key successfully.
Enviroment
macOS 10.13.1
Keybase GUI Version: 1.0.34-20171027003854+8e989533a
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by reproducing the key-creation steps on macOS without GPG installed, then trace the GUI's key-generation path. Done means the user receives a clear message to install GPG or key creation works without it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, macos
- Domain
- cryptography, desktop, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100