GNU bug report logs - #24076
gnupg [-agent]: when signing [commits], it claims that there is no pinentry - but there is

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:06:02 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 36784, 37266

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 24076 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Federico Beffa <beffa <at> ieee.org>
Cc: 24076 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24076: gnupg [-agent]: when signing [commits],
 it claims that there is no pinentry - but there is
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:16:52 +0200

Federico Beffa <beffa <at> ieee.org> 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’t taken the time to look into it yet!

Ludo’.
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