[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#840669: Bug#840669: Need way to avoid agent, or reliable way to kill agent

[Ian Jackson]

Ian Jackson writes ("Re: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#840669: Need way to avoid agent,	or reliable way to kill agent"):
>  * Creating a socketpair and setting GNUPG_AGENT_LIFETIME_FD should be
>    documented as a way to get a privately-scoped gnupg.

There is a part missing here where the caller who does this need to
spawn the agent.  I will think about this (and suggest a revised
design) but only if you like the general idea.

I've done this kind of thing before (see watershed(1) for example) so
if you want I can implement it.

Ian.

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