From: Marcus MERIGHI <mcmer-openbsd@tor.at>
Subject: Re: flare messenger needs Secret Service provider
To: Mikolaj Kucharski <mikolaj@kucharski.name>
Cc: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:47:53 +0100

Hello Mikolaj, 

already reported at
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=176745095915526
see ajacoutot@'s answer here:
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=176745963220454

Marcus

mikolaj@kucharski.name (Mikolaj Kucharski), 2026.02.12 (Thu) 16:22 (CET):
> Hi,
> 
> I wanted to test Flare messenger, but it errors with:
> 
> 	The communication with libsecret failed.
> 
> ```
> DBus(
>     Service(
>         ZBus(
>             MethodError(
>                 OwnedErrorName(
>                     "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown",
>                 ),
>                 Some(
>                     "The name org.freedesktop.secrets was not provided
> by any .service files",
>                 ),
>                 Msg {
>                     type: Error,
>                     serial: 3,
>                     sender: UniqueName(
>                         "org.freedesktop.DBus",
>                     ),
>                     reply-serial: 4,
>                     body: Str,
>                     fds: [],
>                 },
>             ),
>         ),
>     ),
> )
> ```
> 
> I'm wondering how this could be more exposed to the user? Package
> readme?
> 
> I'm not sure what lightweight choices for Secret Service providers are
> in ports, as the KDE / GNOME ones are too heavy for my taste. Do you
> guys have any advise?