[tor-bugs] #2846 [Torify]: Patch GPG to support SOCKS proxies

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#2846: Patch GPG to support SOCKS proxies
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    Reporter:  rransom  |       Owner:  mikeperry
        Type:  defect   |      Status:  reopened 
    Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:           
   Component:  Torify   |     Version:           
  Resolution:           |    Keywords:           
      Parent:           |      Points:           
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Comment(by ioerror):

 Replying to [comment:14 tagnaq]:
 > Replying to [comment:10 ioerror]:
 > > Bad news - if the GPG client has no SOCKS5 support and you _try_ to
 use the SOCKS5 support it will fail badly.
 >
 > This means we can not statically configure gpg to use socks5 proxies (in
 torbirdy).
 >

 I'm not sure of that but I understand the caution. I think that we just
 need to detect this (common) case and do something smart.

 > Can we build an autodetection for socks support and change enigmail's
 config acordingly?
 > - enable socks5 proxy in enigmail's gpg options iff we have socks
 support

 Sounds like a bug for enigmail - want to open it? :)

 > - do not set the socks proxy if we have no support for it (set a non-
 existing http proxy to fail secure)
 >

 That seems OK, I guess.

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