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* bug#15553: 24.3.50; epg.el and GnuPG 2.x cause unavoidable pinentry prompts for symmetrically encrypted files
@ 2013-10-07 18:03 Teodor Zlatanov
  2013-10-07 23:54 ` Daiki Ueno
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Teodor Zlatanov @ 2013-10-07 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 15553


1. Install GnuPG 2.x, don't run gpg-agent
2. Open file.gpg, X or curses pinentry dialog pops up

The suggested workaround is to run gpg-agent.

Problems:

- on a headless server this can lock up Emacs

- if the GPG agent is dead, locked up, or not running, there's no remedy

- the X pinentry dialog is very non-specific ("Enter passphrase") so
  there's no way to know what passphrase is being requested and why if
  you don't have the specific instance in focus.

- there's no way to avoid the prompt in favor of an Emacs minibuffer query



In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.4)
 of 2013-09-20 on flea.lifelogs.com
Bzr revision: 114415 rgm@gnu.org-20130921005207-1eq49miu7feptu8i
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11304000
System Description:	Gentoo Base System release 2.2






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2013-10-07 18:03 bug#15553: 24.3.50; epg.el and GnuPG 2.x cause unavoidable pinentry prompts for symmetrically encrypted files Teodor Zlatanov
2013-10-07 23:54 ` Daiki Ueno
2013-10-08  1:01   ` Ted Zlatanov
2013-10-08  1:43     ` Daiki Ueno
2013-10-08  3:27   ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-08  7:07     ` Daiki Ueno
2013-10-08 16:57       ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-09  0:39         ` Daiki Ueno
2013-10-09  3:05           ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-09  4:10             ` Daiki Ueno
2013-10-10  0:33               ` Stefan Monnier

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