GNU bug report logs - #26298
26.0.50; Gnus fails to sign mail with PGP

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Torsten Bronger <bronger <at> physik.rwth-aachen.de>

Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 12:13:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Toon Claes <toon <at> iotcl.com>
To: Torsten Bronger <bronger <at> physik.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc: 26298 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26298: 26.0.50; Gnus fails to sign mail with PGP
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:33:28 +0200 (CEST)

Torsten Bronger <bronger <at> physik.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p
> nil)

I've been digging deeper into this bug.

What I've found so far, `epg-start-sign' (or `epg-wait-for-completion',
I am not sure) called in `epg-sign-string' is failing with the error:

  gpg: signing failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

I have to stop digging for today, but I'd like to know why
`epg-sign-string' fails to get passphrase, while `epa-sign-file'
succeeds.


-- Toon
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