[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#753163: Bug#753163: Fix before first point release ?

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 06:32, raphael.halimi at gmail.com said:
> Will this bug be fixed before the first point release ?

FWIW: GNOME has no replacement for gpg-agent - using GKR instead of
gpg-agent is not only a security problem but also inhibits proper
working of gpg, gpgsm, gpa, etc.  Given that GNOME is not willing to fix
this severe flaw we are working on a solution for them.

For the dependency problem there is a way out:  Since GnuPG 2.1.2:

 * agent: Now tries to use a fallback pinentry if the standard
   pinentry is not installed.

Thus depending on a "pinentry-basic" binary (which may either be -curses
or -dumb) you have a working setup.  Any desktop may then install -gtk or
-qt as "pinentry" and you get want you want.

It is possible to backport the fallback pinentry to 2.0.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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