Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add minimal pinentry.

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 12:02:47AM +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 01:14:40PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 05:03:18PM +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> > > * gnu/packages/gnupg.scm (pinentry): Rename pinentry-gtk, inherit from
> > > pinentry.
> > > [arguments]: Add pinentry-tty flag.
> > > [inputs]: Use gtk+-2, glib for pinentry-gtk2 only.
> > > [description]: Modify description based on inputs.
> > > ---
> > >  gnu/packages/gnupg.scm | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
> > >  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
> > > index d447007..71f6ece 100644
> > > --- a/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
> > > +++ b/gnu/packages/gnupg.scm
> > > @@ -580,21 +580,33 @@ including tools for signing keys, keyring analysis, and party preparation.
> > >                 (base32
> > >                  "1cp7wjqr6nx31mdclr61s2h84ijqjl0ph99kgj4vyawpjj1j1633"))))
> > >      (build-system gnu-build-system)
> > > +    (arguments
> > > +     `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-pinentry-tty")))
> > 
> > Won't pinentry-gtk2 get configured with this? Can you change
> > pinentry-gtk2 so that it doesn't get this flag?
> 
> It will get the flag the way its currently configured, but pinentry-gtk2
> will still be the default method. The real difference (if I understand
> it correctly) is that now if you ssh into the box and you trigger
> pinentry it should now work.

Ah, that sounds good! I've never used pinentry on a remote box but I can
see it being annoying if one's preferred pinentry did not work at all on
the console.