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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Message #8 received at 37266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Martin Becze <mjbecze <at> riseup.net>
To: jon <at> dorsal.tk
Cc: bug-Guix <bug-guix-bounces+mjbecze=riseup.net <at> gnu.org>,
 37266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37266: gnupg/pinentry not aware of each other
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 02:41:11 -0700

On 2019-09-02 04:56, jon <at> dorsal.tk wrote:
> $ 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

try added `pinentry-program /home/USER/.guix-profile/bin/pinentry-gtk-2`
to `~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf`
let me know if that works. I also encountered this.
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