[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#842908: gnupg: with no $DISPLAY: problem with the agent: Configuration error

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2016-11-02 10:50:04 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I have another machine with gnupg 2.1.15-3 (instead of 2.1.15-8) and
> also with /etc/alternatives/pinentry -> /usr/bin/pinentry-gnome3 but
> there is no such problem on it: there is a fallback to the curses
> version so that I can type the passphrase.
> 
> So, either the regression is between 2.1.15-3 and 2.1.15-8, or the
> problem is related to some other difference (this machine is still
> with sysvinit-core).

I have upgraded this machine to 2.1.15-8 and retried after restarting
gpg-agent, and still do not have any problem. The config files are
the same as the other machine. I wonder what could be the culprit.
The only difference I'm aware of is systemd on the other machine.

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