GNU bug report logs - #29907
25.3; Easy PG should warn users that passphrases are not cached forever

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: John Williams <johnfrombluff <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:20:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 25.3

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: John Williams <johnfrombluff <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 29907 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29907: 25.3;
 Easy PG should warn users that passphrases are not cached forever
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:36:52 -0500

tags 29907 fixed
close 29907 26.1
quit

John Williams <johnfrombluff <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks! 

>      close the same file.  GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant provide mechanisms to
>     -remember your passphrases.  However, the configuration is a bit
>     +remember your passphrases for a limited time.  Using these, you only
>     +need to re-enter the passphrase occasionally.

Pushed to emacs-26

[1: 9e6889c65a]: 2018-01-30 22:14:02 -0500
  Emphasize that GPG passphrase caching is temporary (Bug#29907)
  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=9e6889c65af15b80db3f19064a765c1d3a198b87
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