From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Daiki Ueno Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24229: 25.1; Can't set EPA program Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:38:28 +0200 Message-ID: <87mvkcqzbf.fsf-ueno@gnu.org> References: <89B49EC8-8E9C-462F-8E0C-9A6ABC7A8C87@tenpoint.co.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1471376362 15383 195.159.176.226 (16 Aug 2016 19:39:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:39:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: "24229@debbugs.gnu.org" <24229@debbugs.gnu.org> To: Nick Helm Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 16 21:39:15 2016 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 1bZkCh-0003hW-Ll for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:39:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43807 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkCe-00055o-S3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:39:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34227) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkCY-00055W-Kd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:39:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkCU-0002c4-GC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:39:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33548) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkCU-0002bh-CP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkCU-0007Ap-5B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:39:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Daiki Ueno Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:39:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24229 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24229-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24229.147137633127558 (code B ref 24229); Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:39:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24229) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Aug 2016 19:38:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59493 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkCI-0007AP-MO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:38:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43199) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkCH-0007AD-9F for 24229@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:38:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkC8-0002Rf-SW for 24229@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:38:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:56649) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkC8-0002RM-PD; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: from du-a.org ([219.94.251.20]:42568 helo=localhost.localdomain) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bZkC6-0008CQ-Jq; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:38:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <89B49EC8-8E9C-462F-8E0C-9A6ABC7A8C87@tenpoint.co.nz> (Nick Helm's message of "Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:56:17 +0000") 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:122287 Archived-At: Nick Helm writes: > Yes, the error still occurs when launching with:=20 > emacs -Q =E2=80=94-eval '(setq epg-gpg-program "gpg1")' > > However, it doesn=E2=80=99t occur when launching with: > emacs -Q --eval '(customize-save-variable (quote epg-gpg-program) "gpg1")' > > A quick look at `epg-find-configuration' shows it only=20 > checks epg-gpg-program's saved-value symbol property;=20 > if the variable is set elsewhere it is ignored. > > I can get around it by symlinking gpg>gpg1 but that > kinda defeats the purpose of having the variable. It's an intended behaviour. If you expect all the setup behind the scene, you need to use the Customize interface instead of 'setq'. This is similar to the mode variables. See: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Minor-Modes.html#= Minor-Modes The documentation of the variable could be improved anyway. Regards, --=20 Daiki Ueno