From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29906: 27.0.50; Emacs prompts for passwords in GUI dialog instead of minibuffer Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 10:19:33 +0200 Message-ID: <83a7y0fx0q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871sjdufq7.fsf@moondust.localdomain> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1514621891 22810 195.159.176.226 (30 Dec 2017 08:18:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 08:18:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 29906@debbugs.gnu.org To: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 30 09:18:07 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCLG-0005Yn-Hs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 09:18:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45866 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCNF-0000Hi-30 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:20:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33713) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCN8-0000HT-Uo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:20:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCN8-0008PV-0p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:20:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48491) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCN7-0008P9-UN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:20:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCN7-0001CB-N7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:20:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 08:20:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29906 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 29906-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29906.15146219994579 (code B ref 29906); Sat, 30 Dec 2017 08:20:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29906) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Dec 2017 08:19:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57172 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCN4-0001Bn-Mr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:19:58 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42594) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCN3-0001BY-DV for 29906@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:19:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCMs-000887-VJ for 29906@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:19:51 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38770) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCMs-00087x-Rl; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:19:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4250 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eVCMs-000348-AM; Sat, 30 Dec 2017 03:19:46 -0500 In-reply-to: <871sjdufq7.fsf@moondust.localdomain> (nljlistbox2@gmail.com) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:141607 Archived-At: > From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson) > Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:11:44 -0500 > > When I start Gnus with `M-x gnus' I get prompted for my password > (for my authinfo.gpg file) in a GUI dialog box. Expected > behaviour: The prompt is in the minibuffer. > > Similarly, when I open a .gpg file with `C-x C-f' I am being > presented with a GUI dialog instead of a prompt in the minibuffer. > > In general I expect to see prompts in the minibuffer unless I > interact with Emacs with the mouse, through the menus or toolbar. > > This behaviour is new since I last used master a few months ago. Does this NEWS.26 entry help? ** The pinentry.el library has been removed. That package (and the corresponding change in GnuPG and pinentry) was intended to provide a way to input passphrase through Emacs with GnuPG 2.0. However, the change to support that was only implemented in GnuPG >= 2.1 and didn't get backported to GnuPG 2.0. And with GnuPG 2.1 and later, pinentry.el is not needed at all. So the library was useless, and we removed it. GnuPG 2.0 is no longer supported by the upstream project. To adapt to the change, you may need to set 'epa-pinentry-mode' to the symbol 'loopback'. What version of GnuPG do you have on that system?