From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: adrian.lanz@wsl.ch Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31603: 27.0.50; pinentry loopback disappeared Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 18:41:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87muwloxu7.fsf@inventur.wsl.ch> References: <87lgc6acu2.fsf@tcd.ie> <877enqflnl.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1527442328 22962 195.159.176.226 (27 May 2018 17:32:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 17:32:08 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" , 31603@debbugs.gnu.org To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 27 19:32:04 2018 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 1fMzWS-0005lT-AZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 19:32:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52776 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzYZ-0004bX-CX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:34:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33150) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzYT-0004bQ-5H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:34:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzYQ-0004KT-2M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:34:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43307) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzYP-0004KP-VA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:34:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzYP-0005L2-P4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:34:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: adrian.lanz@wsl.ch Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 17:34:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 31603 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 31603-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B31603.152744240820480 (code B ref 31603); Sun, 27 May 2018 17:34:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31603) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 May 2018 17:33:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51204 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzXr-0005KF-Ot for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:33:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner-bi.wsl.ch ([193.134.202.6]:36967) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fMyjZ-00043I-KR for 31603@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 12:41:30 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,448,1520895600"; d="scan'208";a="15796138" Original-Received: from unknown (HELO notesbi1.wsl.ch) ([10.30.1.65]) by mailscannerint-bi.wsl.ch with ESMTP; 27 May 2018 18:37:08 +0200 Original-Received: from inventur ([10.31.7.16]) by notesbi1.wsl.ch (IBM Domino Release 9.0.1FP8 HF238) with ESMTP id 2018052718412272-240276 ; Sun, 27 May 2018 18:41:22 +0200 In-Reply-To: <877enqflnl.fsf@gmail.com> (Noam Postavsky's message of "Sat, 26 May 2018 12:04:46 -0400") X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on notesbi1/WSL(Release 9.0.1FP8 HF238|May 05, 2017) at 27.05.2018 18:41:22, Serialize by Router on notesbi1/WSL(Release 9.0.1FP8 HF238|May 05, 2017) at 27.05.2018 18:41:22, Serialize complete at 27.05.2018 18:41:22 X-TNEFEvaluated: 1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 27 May 2018 13:33:26 -0400 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:146605 Archived-At: On Sa 26 Mai 2018 (12:04:46 -0400) Noam Postavsky writes: >> On Sam 26 Mai 2018 (12:14:13 +0100) Basil L. Contovounesios writes: >> >>> then I think the problem with the referenced commit [1: 302e500087] is >>> that it uses define-obsolete-variable-alias (see docstring) in epa.el >>> after epg-pinentry-mode has already been defined in epg-config.el. > > Oh, you're right > > emacs -Q --eval "(setq epa-loopback-mode 'loopback)" -l epa > > Then v epa-loopback-mode RET shows that it has been reset to nil. > > > adrian.lanz@wsl.ch writes: > >> This was actually the first thing I tried (and I just tried it again to >> be sure): pinentry-loopback still fails. > > Well, it's at least part of the problem. Can you double check that > epa-loopback-mode has the right value? When I apply Basil's patch, add > 'allow-loopback-pinentry' to ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf and (setq > epa-loopback-mode 'loopback), then M-x epa-sign-file does give me a (The variable name is epa-pinentry-mode, not epa-loopback-mode.) > prompt in the minibuffer, as expected. I confirm setting (setq epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback) in .emacs init file solves the problem (I get again the minibuffer prompt). The tcd.ie> proposed patch leads to minibuffer passphrase prompts, even with only the old (now obsoleted) variable (setq epa-pinentry-mode 'loopback) present in the .emacs init file. In other words, with this patch, users do not have to change the configuration right away. Thanks!