[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#841143: Bug#841143: False assumptions about nPth (was: Bug#841143: Suspected race in gpg1 to gpg2 conversion or agent startup)

[Ian Jackson]

NIIBE Yutaka writes ("Re: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#841143: False assumptions about nPth	(was:	Bug#841143: Suspected race in gpg1 to gpg2 conversion	or agent startup)"):
> I don't know if this fix solves all the problems of Ian.  One step done,
> that's good.

I have been running with all my previously posted patches, some of
which I now think are irrelevant and shouldn't change the behaviour.

> Ian's approach is to change the line of
> 
>   active_connections--;
> 
> into:
> 
>   if (--active_connections == 0)
>     interrupt_main_thread_loop ();
> 
> There are two parts in gpg-agent.c to change.

If you like I can try just that change and report back.  I strongly
suspect that this will mostly-fix the problem, but leave the race I
mentioned in my other email just now.

Thanks very much for your help in disentangling this conversation.

Regards,
Ian.

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