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gnupg [-agent]: when signing [commits], it claims that there is no pinentry - but there is

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Raghav Gururajan <raghavgururajan <at> disroot.org>
Subject: bug#36784: closed (Re: bug#24076: [PATCH] gnu: GnuPG: Really use
 ~/.guix-profile/bin/pinentry by default.)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:31:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#24076: GnuPG lacks a default pinentry program

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 36784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24076-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24076: [PATCH] gnu: GnuPG: Really use
 ~/.guix-profile/bin/pinentry by default.
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:27:46 -0400

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 04:57:33PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Here I’d add:
> 
>   if (dir == NULL)
>     {
>        struct password *pw;
>        pw = getpwuid (getuid ());
>        if (pw != NULL)
>          dir = pw->pw_dir;
>        else
>          dir = "/";
>     }
> 
> Otherwise LGTM!

Thanks, good idea! Pushed as e5b44b06b3fb19c897fb3e430bd41941905e101f

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From: Raghav Gururajan <raghavgururajan <at> disroot.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Cannot generate key pair with GnuPG
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 06:00:44 -0400

Hello Guix!

The current gnupg package in guix has "pinentry" as a missing
dependency.

Because of this, GnuPG throws the following error upon attempting to
generate key pairs:

gpg: agent_genkey failed: No pinentry
gpg: key generation failed: No pinentry

So it appears, unless the above mentioned dependency issue is fixed,
one cannot create gpg key pairs. :(

Regards,
RG.

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