Re: encrypt `bbdb-file-remote'

[Sam Steingold]

> * Roland Winkler <jvaxyre@tah.bet> [2022-03-27 21:20:56 -0500]:
>
> On Sun, Mar 27 2022, Sam Steingold wrote:
>> I want to keep `bbdb-file-remote' encrypted.
>> I am using code based on https://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/69869/795 to
>> do that (except I use gpg instead of openssl because openssl does not
>> work across versions).
>>
>> Do you want a patch?
>
> Isn't that something which nowadays can be handled by tramp?

You are already using tramp under the hood.

The main point _for me_ is keeping the remote file encrypted (for
security), but local file plain text (for git).

> I am even wondering whether the entire `bbdb-file-remote' machinery is
> still needed.  It should not matter whether `bbdb-file' is local or
> remote.  (If there are glitches with a non-local `bbdb-file' it might
> make more sense to fix those.  I wouldn't mind if `bbdb-file-remote'
> can be declared obsolete.)

Uploading the huge bbdb file on _every save_ will introduce a highly
unwelcome latency.

I don't use `bbdb-file-remote' (because it is unencrypted) anyway.

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