GNU bug report logs - #20982
25.0.50; GPG uses GUI dialog box to ask for passphrase

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mark Karpov <markkarpov <at> openmailbox.org>

Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 17:44:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 20550, 22711

Found in versions 25.0.50, 25.0.91

Done: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Mark Karpov <markkarpov <at> openmailbox.org>
Cc: 20982 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20982: 25.0.50; GPG uses GUI dialog box to ask for passphrase
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2015 15:25:18 -0400

> Now, I don't know if it's possible, it's probably GPG-side thing, but
> could it be done in minibuffer (like sudo in shell and Emacs shell),
> then somehow passed to GPG?

It's probably possible, but FWIW, it's indeed done GPG-side (actually
from gpg-agent, IIUC) and it has security advantages, in that the
password never goes through Emacs at all (and gpg-agent is, by nature,
written in a more security-conscious way than Emacs).


        Stefan
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