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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: jon <at> dorsal.tk
Subject: bug#37266: 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/pinentry not aware of each other

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 37266 <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: jon <at> dorsal.tk
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: gnupg/pinentry not aware of each other
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 04:56:22 +0000

$ gpg --full-generate-key
<snip>
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
gpg: agent_genkey failed: No pinentry
Key generation failed: No pinentry
$ which pinentry
/run/current-system/profile/bin/pinentry

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