GNU bug report logs - #24553
25.1; epa ignores epg-gpg-program in very confusing way

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 16emacsbug <at> nospam.scs.stanford.edu

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:08:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 24553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>
To: Nick Helm <nick <at> tenpoint.co.nz>
Cc: 24553 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24553: 25.1; epa ignores epg-gpg-program in very confusing way
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:53:09 +0200

Nick Helm <nick <at> tenpoint.co.nz> writes:

>> I need to edit some files that decrypt properly with gpg 1.4 but not gpg
>> 2.1.  I have both installed on my system, with 1.4 as /usr/bin/gpg1 and
>> 2.1 as /usr/bin/gpg2.  The bug is that emacs ignores the epg-gpg-program
>> variable *except* in error messages, which is very confusing.  
>
>> Ideally emacs should obey epg-gpg-program ...
>
> I have a similar problem with epg-gpg-program. See bug#24229
> (https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=24229) for some
> discussion that might be relevant.

And I want to close this as a duplicate of that bug.  Is there still
anything we can technically do for this?  Isn't it enough to suggest:

  M-: (custom-set-variables '(epg-gpg-program "gpg1" t))

instead of setq?
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