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30.0.50; Emacs hangs indefinitely when writing GPG-encrypted file

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From: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 67704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#67704: 30.0.50; Emacs hangs indefinitely when writing GPG-encrypted file
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 09:11:22 +0100

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

>> From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
>> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:49:13 +0100
>> 
>> 
>> I have several GPG-encrypted files such as ~/.authinfo.gpg which I use
>> as auth-source.  I can still open them fine where I get a pinentry
>> dialog the first time until the password is cached in the gpg-agent.
>> However, I cannot save/write such files from emacs anymore which used to
>> work flawlessly for many years.
>> 
>> When I try to save, emacs just seems to hang indefinitely.  Setting
>> debug-on-quit and then C-g-ing reveals it hangs in there (emacs -Q):
>
> Isn't this the problem with GnuPG described in PROBLEMS under "Saving
> a file encrypted with GnuPG via EasyPG hangs"?

Hi,

FWIW, I also observe this bug and I have gnupg-2.4.3…  So maybe we'll
have to fix this in Emacs.
-- 
Manuel Giraud

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