bug#40118: 27.0.90; Signing emails with gpg

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

>>>>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:57:37 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> said:

    Lars> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
    >> * lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el (mml-secure-epg-sign): Partially revert
    >> "Make mml-secure-epg-sign bug out if we can't find an identity".
    >> It causes signing to fail for people who have not set up
    >> mml-secure-{smime,openpgp}-sign-with-sender, which is a regression
    >> from Emacs-26 (Bug#40118).

    Lars> OK, this was applied to Emacs 27, but the general problem is still
    Lars> present on the trunk, I think?

I donʼt think it was applied to emacs-27.

    Lars> Robert, did you have any thoughts about how to fix this in general, or
    Lars> is the error-ing out in mml-secure-epg-sign just misguided? 

This is what I came up with at the time. master-only, I think.

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el b/lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el
index 740e1d2b72..8abe83b937 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el
@@ -937,6 +937,47 @@ mml-secure-epg-encrypt
        (signal (car error) (cdr error))))
     cipher))
 
+(defun mml-secure-sender-sign-query (protocol sender)
+  "Query whether to use SENDER to sign when using PROTOCOL.
+PROTOCOL will be `OpenPGP' or `CMS' (smime).
+This can also save the resulting value of
+`mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender' or
+`mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender' via Customize.
+Returns non-nil if the user has chosen to use SENDER."
+  (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create "*MML sender signing options*"))
+        (options '((?a "always" "Sign using this sender now and sign with message sender in future.")
+                   (?s "session only" "Sign using this sender now, and sign with message sender for this session only.")
+                   (?n "no" "Do not sign this message (and error out)")))
+        answer done val)
+    (save-window-excursion
+      (pop-to-buffer buffer)
+      (erase-buffer)
+      (insert (format "No %s signing key was found for this message.\nThe sender of this message is \"%s\".\nWould you like to attempt looking up a signing key based on it?"
+                      (if (eq protocol 'OpenPGP)
+                          "openpgp" "smime")
+                      sender))
+      (while (not done)
+        (setq answer (read-multiple-choice "Sign this message using the sender?" options))
+        (cl-case (car answer)
+          (?a
+           (if (eq protocol 'OpenPGP)
+               (progn
+                 (setq mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender t)
+                 (customize-save-variable 'mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender t))
+             (setq mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender t)
+             (customize-save-variable 'mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender t))
+           (setq done t
+                 val t))
+          (?s
+           (if (eq protocol 'OpenPGP)
+               (setq mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender t)
+             (setq mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender t))
+           (setq done t
+                 val t))
+          (?n
+           (setq done t)))))
+    val))
+
 (defun mml-secure-epg-sign (protocol mode)
   ;; Based on code appearing inside mml2015-epg-sign.
   (let* ((context (epg-make-context protocol))
@@ -945,15 +986,21 @@ mml-secure-epg-sign
 	 (signers (mml-secure-signers context signer-names))
 	 signature micalg)
     (unless signers
-      (let ((maybe-msg
-             (if mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender
-                 "."
-               "; try setting `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender'.")))
-        ;; If `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender' is already non-nil
-        ;; then there's no point advising the user to examine it.  If
-        ;; there are any other variables worth examining, please
-        ;; improve this error message by having it mention them.
-        (error "Couldn't find any signer names%s" maybe-msg)))
+      (if (mml-secure-sender-sign-query protocol sender)
+          (setq signer-names (mml-secure-signer-names protocol sender)
+                signers (mml-secure-signers context signer-names)))
+      (unless signers
+        (let ((maybe-msg
+               (if (or mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender
+                       mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender)
+                   "."
+                 "; try setting `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender' or 'mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender'.")))
+          ;; If `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender' or
+          ;; `mml-secure-openpgp-sign-with-sender' are already non-nil
+          ;; then there's no point advising the user to examine them.
+          ;; If there are any other variables worth examining, please
+          ;; improve this error message by having it mention them.
+          (error "Couldn't find any signer names%s" maybe-msg))))
     (when (eq 'OpenPGP protocol)
       (setf (epg-context-armor context) t)
       (setf (epg-context-textmode context) t)

Robert
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