On 2017-03-14, at 15:37, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> On Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:41:54 +0100 Jens Lechtenboerger
> <jens.lechtenboerger@fsfe.org> wrote:
>
> JL> is there a reason that package.el sets up its own GnuPG homedir (in
> JL> package-import-keyring and package--check-signature-content)?
>
> Isolation? That way package management, where typically the user's
> personal setup doesn't matter, doesn't overlap with personal GnuPG usage.

Signature verification seems personal to me.

> JL> Attached is a patch introducing a new user option to use the
> JL> default GnuPG home.
>
> JL> +(defcustom package-use-separate-gnupghome t
>
> Maybe this could also be a specific directory the user chooses, so it
> could be a choice of nil, t, or 'string.

You are right.  I changed that to be a directory or nil.

Thanks
Jens