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One of the worst UI ever

One of the worst UI ever

Posted Feb 2, 2026 17:22 UTC (Mon) by cytochrome (subscriber, #58718)
In reply to: One of the worst UI ever by cyperpunks
Parent article: A critical GnuPG security update

"the internals must be a messy pile of cr*p." Have you looked at the internals? Do you have some examples you could share or constructive advice/PRs to provide to the developers?

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One of the worst UI ever

Posted Feb 2, 2026 18:48 UTC (Mon) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

It's pretty much a certainty that any GNU C code written before 2010-s is a mess. GPG is no exception. E.g. look at this: https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/blob/987c6a398a9505399b2c25a...

Static buffers with manual length calculation, stpcpy, juggling pointers in security-critical code. What could possibly go wrong?


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