GNU bug report logs - #25328
gpg: "Operation cancelled" with pinentry 1.0.0 on GNOME

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 01:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: unreproducible

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

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Message #26 received at 25328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
To: 25328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25328: pinentry-gtk-2 fails after upgrade to 1.0.0:
 "Operation cancelled"
Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 03:45:40 +0530

>> Since upgrading pinentry-gtk-2 from 0.9.7 to 1.0.0, I've noticed some
>> strange behavior.  Whenever I try to do something that requires access
>> to my secret key, no window appears, and I get an error like the
>> following:
>>
>>     $ gpg --sign /tmp/message
>>     gpg: signing failed: Operation cancelled
>>     gpg: signing failed: Operation cancelled

I am experiencing the exact same problem with pinentry-gtk-2 in exwm
(Emacs X Window Manager). The pinentry window seems to get closed
immediately after it appears. I thought that this was some bug in
exwm. But, now that you mention this, maybe something's wrong with
pinentry-gtk-2.
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