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Bug#765406: [Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#765406: please add dependency on pinentry-gtk2



Am 26.10.2014 um 01:04 schrieb Eric Dorland:
> * Michael Biebl (biebl@debian.org) wrote:
>> Am 24.10.2014 um 06:39 schrieb Eric Dorland:
>>> Hmmm, are you talking about gnome-keyring? It actually hijacks the
>>> gpg-agent protocol and breaks some things (see http://b/760102). You
>>> still need the pinentry program if you disable gnome-keyright AFAIK.
>>
>> Couldn't that warning message also include hints to install pinentry-gtk2?
> 
> It could but just installing it won't fix anything by itself, you need
> to disable the agent functionality in gnome-keyring. Which some people
> will do to work around the bug, and if they do it would be nice if
> they had a graphical pinentry.

Sure. The message could say: "If you disable the gnome-keyring
integration, make sure to install an alternative pinentry program like
pinentry-gtk2"

Problem solved.


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