GNU bug report logs - #15553
24.3.50; epg.el and GnuPG 2.x cause unavoidable pinentry prompts for symmetrically encrypted files

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Message #33 received at 15553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tzz <at> lifelogs.com, 15553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15553: 24.3.50;
 epg.el and GnuPG 2.x cause unavoidable pinentry prompts for
 symmetrically encrypted files
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 23:05:31 -0400

>> But it calls accept-process-output, so it can still get stuck.
> Yes, but it's not a hard lockup.  I can get out from the loop with C-g.

But if you have no terminal open (yet) on that emacs-server, you can't
hit C-g.

> And actually Emacs 24 has the code to allow pinentry to fallback into
> the curses mode in that case (though the interaction is not very well).

And same as above: there might not be any tty for curses to talk to.


        Stefan

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