From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Oct 14 09:16:57 2016 Received: (at 24076) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Oct 2016 13:16:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54894 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bv2M5-0000tQ-C9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:16:57 -0400 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:58279) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bv2M3-0000tI-N4 for 24076@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:16:56 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B89C84B2; Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:16:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at aquilenet.fr Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id q_yxR7BXgG9N; Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:16:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pluto (pluto.bordeaux.inria.fr [193.50.110.57]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C297A6E39; Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:16:52 +0200 (CEST) From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Federico Beffa Subject: Re: bug#24076: gnupg [-agent]: when signing [commits], it claims that there is no pinentry - but there is References: <20160726180507.21e5e8e0@scratchpost.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 23 =?utf-8?Q?Vend=C3=A9miaire?= an 225 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:16:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Federico Beffa's message of "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 08:45:28 +0200") Message-ID: <871szjax4r.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 24076 Cc: 24076@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) Federico Beffa skribis: > Note that installing 'gnupg' doesn't automatically bring in > 'pinentry'. For this reason installing 'gnupg' doesn't work out of the > box as a user would expect: > > gpg: agent_genkey failed: No pinentry > Key generation failed: No pinentry I agree that this is a problem. A fix that would work is the 2nd option outlined at: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2016-07/msg00092.html Haven=E2=80=99t taken the time to look into it yet! Ludo=E2=80=99.