GNU bug report logs - #37266
gnupg/pinentry not aware of each other

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Package: guix;

Reported by: jon <at> dorsal.tk

Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 05:16:02 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 24076, 36784

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jon <at> dorsal.tk
To: 37266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37266: gnupg/pinentry not aware of each other
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 04:56:22 +0000

$ gpg --full-generate-key
<snip>
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
gpg: agent_genkey failed: No pinentry
Key generation failed: No pinentry
$ which pinentry
/run/current-system/profile/bin/pinentry
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