[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#577737: [pinentry-qt4] Re: gpg command won't use agent if the agent is configured to use pinentry-qt4

[OmegaPhil]

On 12/10/16 22:04, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> On Wed 2016-10-12 13:02:56 -0400, OmegaPhil wrote:
>> Since that point, I have uninstalled pinentry-qt4 and have happily been
>> using pinentry-gtk-2.
>>
>> Installing pinentry-qt (0.9.7-5) and switching to it via alternatives
>> results in the following error dialog coming up 4 times in succession
>> from Enigmail:
>>
>> =====================================================================
>>
>> GnuPG cannot query your passphrase via pinentry.
>>
>> This is a system setup or configuration error that prevents Enigmail
>> from working properly and cannot be fixed automatically.
>>
>> We strongly recommend that you consult our support web site at
>> https://enigmail.net/faq.
>>
>> =====================================================================
>>
>> The real error comes out in ~/.xsession-errors:
>>
>> =====================================================================
>>
>> gpg-agent[7019]: can't connect to the PIN entry module
>> '/usr/bin/pinentry': End of file
>> gpg-agent[7019]: failed to unprotect the secret key: No pinentry
>> gpg-agent[7019]: failed to read the secret key
>> gpg-agent[7019]: command 'PKDECRYPT' failed: No pinentry
> 
> I'm still baffled. i followed exactly the steps that you did and the QT
> prompt shows up for me :(
> 
> What version of enigmail are you running?  where did you get it from?
> 
> can you turn on debug-pinentry in your dirmngr.conf and see what it says?
> 
>     --dkg


Enigmail is v1.9.5 via Get Addons (rather than the Debian package).

I started playing with dirmngr.conf but then I realised you meant
gpg-agent.conf ;). As soon as I did a killall to have gpg-agent load the
new configuration and try again, it worked - I know that gpg2 stuff has
updated recently, and my uptime is ~11d, so perhaps the update scripts
don't kill off gpg-agent when theres some incompatible change?

Thanks




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