[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#851462: Bug#851462: gpg-agent: a gpg-agent is already running - not starting a new one

[Dominik George]

> Sorry, but i'm not sure i understand this.  what behavior were you
> hoping for?  if you have the gnupg-agent package installed, and you have
> systemd configured on your machine, then systemd will prepare the
> necessary sockets and will auto-launch the agent as soon as you try to
> talk to it.
> 
> This is desirable behavior afaict -- don't run gpg-agent at all, until
> someone tries to talk to it, at which point, launch it and hook it into
> the connecting client.  This also means that the service manager knows
> how to shut it down appropriately when the user's session ends.
> 
> Are you saying that the problem is that "gpg-agent --daemon" is saying
> "already running" when in fact there is no agent actually running, even
> though the socket is open and ready for listening?

Well, when I reported this bug, I wasn't aware that gpg-agent is now
handled by systemd.

In fact, it wasn't me who configured that, but it was your package.

One day I could use gpg-agent for SSH and I could kill and start it, the
next day it behaved oddly for no obvious reason.

I might have missed the relevant NEWS, but even after reading up on it,
I still find the behaviour a bit odd.

But it probably isn't a bug.

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