[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#851440: sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed: agent refused operation

[Dominik George]

> Suddenly, using gpg-agent as ssh-agent with authentication subkeys
> stopped working:
> 
> sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed: agent refused operation
> 
> I can, however, still see my authentication subkeys in ssh-add -l:
> 
> % ssh-add -l
> 4096 SHA256:VCiRCk+EswSfauAe4hYWweglX6WqsIrtU08PGr7LL38 (none) (RSA)
> 256 SHA256:SqObMOMaC5eckW3g9nvbOnQljUjjq8Hez5U0TcQqIwM (none) (ED25519)

I found out this only happens when using the systemd user service.
Disabling it and manually starting the agent works.

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