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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Howto request an upgrade for keychain package
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:18:45 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7375785e-ddde-41e7-8295-a61f39058680@SystematicSW.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL8MddULqdNgCp2923Y=jas2ttRyo+UwnkBMimvcM9T-g5iH=A@mail.gmail.com>

On 2024-04-19 08:53, J M via Cygwin wrote:
> El jue., 18 abr. 2024 20:10, J M <cesarjorgemartinez@gmail.com> escribió:
>> I'm having some problems (gpg2, and some for ssh management) with keychain
>> package: https://www.cygwin.com/packages/summary/keychain.html
>>
>> It version is 2.7.1, can be upgraded to, by example the last 2.8.5?
>>
>> It is here: https://github.com/funtoo/keychain/tree/2.8.5

> Fow now, I implement a very weird implementation to fix this (very old
> keychain version) in pseudocode:
> 
> If I am inside Cygwin and keychain version is 2.7.1 then:
> curl -L -o /usr/bin/keychain
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/funtoo/keychain/2.8.5/keychain
> 
> But it is a weird workaround, you can upgrade this package? If not exists
> any security problem clearly...

The upstream repo has not been updated since 2018.
You might be better finding a more modern, secure, compatible login manager like 
gnome-keyring or KDE kwalletmanager, or improved process like using known hosts 
and authorized keys files to limit access.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


  reply	other threads:[~2024-04-19 19:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-18 18:10 J M
2024-04-19 14:53 ` J M
2024-04-19 19:18   ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2024-04-20  8:07     ` J M

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