GNU bug report logs - #27445
26.0.50; Insufficient documentation for pinentry.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 04:30:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 27445 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 27445 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27445: 26.0.50; Insufficient documentation for pinentry.el
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:18:23 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Then maybe we should simply remove it now?

Let's do that.

> So now I'm confused.  Can you answer the following questions, and
> thus help me see the light?
>
>   . is pinentry.el needed when using GnuPG 2.1?

No.

>   . if not, why did you say that the above setting of
>     epa-pinentry-mode is the correct solution for GnuPG 2.1?

epa-pinentry-mode is orthogonal to pinentry.el.  What I'm saying is that
we shouldn't expand the documentation of pinentry.el, because it's
turning out to be a failed attempt.

>   . how should Emacs users input passphrases with GnuPG 2.1, without
>     using pinentry.el?

Through the graphical prompt, or using the epa-pinentry-mode 'loopback'
setting.

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno
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