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authorKarl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>2019-11-04 14:39:14 -0600
committerKarl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>2019-11-09 15:30:09 -0500
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Improve an error about the message signer
* lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el (mml-secure-epg-sign): Don't suggest setting `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender' if it's already non-nil.
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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el b/lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el
index c7a2d4664e8..a1f5b6386b2 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/mml-sec.el
@@ -945,7 +945,15 @@ If no one is selected, symmetric encryption will be performed. "
(signers (mml-secure-signers context signer-names))
signature micalg)
(unless signers
- (error "Couldn't find any signer names. Perhaps `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender' should be set?"))
+ (let ((maybe-msg
+ (if mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender
+ "."
+ "; try setting `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender'.")))
+ ;; If `mml-secure-smime-sign-with-sender' is already non-nil
+ ;; then there's no point advising the user to examine it. If
+ ;; there are any other variables worth examining, please
+ ;; improve this error message by having it mention them.
+ (error "Couldn't find any signer names%s" maybe-msg)))
(when (eq 'OpenPGP protocol)
(setf (epg-context-armor context) t)
(setf (epg-context-textmode context) t)