disable gpg in mutt

Kevin J. McCarthy kevin at 8t8.us
Sun Aug 29 01:13:25 UTC 2021


On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 06:31:12AM +0200, Fourhundred Thecat wrote:
>This is strange. I have compiled mutt with "--disable-gpgme", and I can
>see that it is no longer linked with the gpg library:
>
>$ ldd /usr/bin/mutt
>	linux-vdso.so.1
>	libncursesw.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6
>	libtinfo.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6
>	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
>	libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
>	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
>
>But "mutt -v" still shows the CRYPT_BACKEND variables:
>
>$ /usr/bin/mutt -v | grep CRYPT_BACKEND
>+CRYPT_BACKEND_CLASSIC_PGP  +CRYPT_BACKEND_CLASSIC_SMIME
>-CRYPT_BACKEND_GPGME

Note the "-" prefix in front of CRYPT_BACKEND_GPGME.  That means it's 
not included.  However classic pgp and smime support are compiled in. 
Those don't rely on the gpgme library.

-- 
Kevin J. McCarthy
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