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Re: gpg 2.2 and epa
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Colin Baxter |
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Re: gpg 2.2 and epa |
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Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:48:09 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Dear Filipp,
>>>>> Filipp Gunbin <address@hidden> writes:
Filipp> On 02/12/2018 16:47 -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> Richard Stallman wrote:
>>> I tried installing gpg 2.2 some months ago, but Emacs master
>>> ceased to recognize when it was asking for a password. Has
>>> anyone had success with this?
>>
>> Emacs master works for me on my Ubuntu 18.04.1 desktop, where
>> "gpg --version" reports gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.4 with libgcrypt 1.8.1.
>>
>> Emacs master (like Emacs 26.1) delegates password handling to
>> gpg2. That is, Emacs itself isn't responsible for reading
>> passphrases; gpg2 does it for Emacs. On my desktop, when I am
>> using Emacs and need a GPG passphrase, a window pops up (I assume
>> generated by the GPG agent), and the agent remembers the key.
>>
>> If you want to continue to type the passphrase into Emacs, here
>> is a relevant 20-message thread, dated 2016:
>>
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2016-02/msg00102.html
>>
>> with the conclusion seeming to be "it's not worth the trouble".
Filipp> With (setq epg-pinentry-mode 'loopback), gpg redirects
Filipp> passphrase quering to Emacs. This works ok in master. No
Filipp> other settings should be required for that.
This works for emacs-27 even if you ssh in to a remote machine and
launch emacs from there. Thanks Filipp for this, I've found it very
useful.
Best wishes,
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Colin Baxter
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