PGP Desktop broken on Leopard
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Loading ...We use PGP a lot here at Nominet, and I have been using PGP Desktop 9.6.3 on my Mac for quite some time. Unfortunately after upgrading to Leopard PGP Desktop is no longer working. I believe an update is due sometime in November, though this is in fact the beta program for PGP Desktop 9.7. Leopard has been available to developers for many, many months (with the iPhone delaying things as well) so I can’t really comprehend how they failed to test the product with Leopard.
Instead of waiting for this update I decided to look at GnuPGP, you can download and compile this very straightforwardly, though watch out if you see the following when compiling:
/usr/lib/libSystem.dylib unknown flags (type) of section 9 (__TEXT,__dof_plockstat)
What you need to do is make sure you have installed the Xcode tools from the Leopard DVD, doing an upgrade from Tiger does not upgrade Xcode!
You can even pick up a dmg file from sourceforge.
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:31 pm
PGP Desktop and Apple Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard Compatibility
Targeted for early November, PGP Corporation will host a public beta program featuring a new version of PGP Desktop, version 9.7, that is fully compatible with Leopard. In addition to Leopard compatibility, this new version of PGP Desktop will offer a host of other exciting features, so be sure to visit our web site at http://www.pgp.com/downloads/beta/ to participate.
November 5th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Hi John,
Yep, I did state what you posted in the blog entry. It still does not really address the question of why compatibility with Leopard was not released BEFORE Leopard hit the streets.
Leopard has been available in developer release for a long time.
November 13th, 2007 at 10:07 am
I see the public beta has been launched:
http://beta.pgp.com/
Though as this is beta, I guess there is no guarantee of of fitness of purpose or warranty!
November 27th, 2007 at 4:55 am
Well the only other option you have is
http://www.sente.ch/software/GPGMail/English.lproj/GPGMail.html
who I believe did some work for pgp corp…
realistically this is why S/MIME is a better option !
regards
John jones