[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#851277: gnugpg: gpg --key-gen only asks for the passphrase once during the creation, no retyping required

[Adrian Bunk]

Control: reassign -1 gnupg

Reassign to the correct package.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 05:23:28PM +0100, Lynoure Braakman wrote:
> Package: gnugpg
> Version: gnupg
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When I do 'gpg --gen-key' and it comes the time to input the passphrase,
> the pinentry window asks for it only once. I would expect it to ask me
> to input the passphrase twice, and make sure those match. 
> 
> As I am a human and sometimes make typos when writing long complex passphrases, 
> this significantly hindered my user experience when I discover for the second 
> time that my passphrase was not exactly what I thought it was. I guess that's a UX
> bug at least.
> 
> Thank you for you time!
> 
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> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: stretch/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
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> Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)