Are you suggesting I should try a different version of gpg?

On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 6:38 AM Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Carlo Tambuatco <oraclmaster@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> From within Emacs. Try to open encrypted file.txt.gpg in Emacs, edit it,
> >> and save.
> >>
> >
> > Same behavior. Just tried it.
> > From command line:
> >
> > gpg —symmetric newfile.txt
> >
> > this produces newfile.txt.gpg
> >
> > Open newfile.txt.gpg within emacs. Opens and decrypts into buffer just
> fine.
> > Then edit the file and save with C-x C-s.
> >
> > Then emacs hangs. Have to C-g to get out of it.
>
> Then, it has nothing to do with Org.
>
> Looks like https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=63882 - a known
> issue with particular GPG version. But, AFAIK, that issue is limited to
> GPG 2.4.1.
>
> I would recommend you to double-check your GPG version and if it does
> not fit bug#63882, report the problem to Emacs (M-x report-emacs-bug).
>
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