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From: Raghav Gururajan <raghavgururajan@disroot.org>
Subject: bug#36784: Cannot generate key pair with GnuPG
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 09:08:15 -0400
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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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> Is there a good
> reason not to include pinentry-tty or somemthing similarly small?

It appears pinentry-tty is only console-based. If graphical
applications like MUA, Key Managers etc require pinentry-program, it
usually uses pop-up (gui) for passphrase input. Since pinentry provides
both console and gui, I suggested it as it will be well-rounded
solution. :)

Regards,
RG.