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



* Michael Biebl (biebl@debian.org) wrote:
> 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.

I mean not really problem solved, perhaps a slightly better
explanation. I still think it makes sense to install it pinentry-gtk2
with the gnome desktop task but I can live without if you object.

-- 
Eric Dorland <eric@kuroneko.ca>
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