[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#913488: Bug#913488: scdaemon: gnupg --card-status does not recognize smart card via usb reader

[Elmar Stellnberger]

On 12.11.18 11:52, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> Hi Elmar--
> 
> On Sun 2018-11-11 15:54:42 +0100, Elmar Stellnberger wrote:
>> The problem is that gnupg does not recognize my gpg-card if I insert it
>> via the Gemalto PC-card reader; if I use the integrated reader it works.
>> The problem only occurs with Debian GNU Linux 9. The USB reader still
>> works well with Debian GNU Linux 8; i.e. this is a regression. It is not
>> the way that gnupg always fails to recognize my gpg card via the USB
>> reader; sometimes it works; sometimes it does not.
> 
> Thanks for the report.  I'm hoping that gniibe (cc'ed) can shed more
> light on this by asking you for clearer debugging info.  He's our
> strongest expert on this stuff.
> 
> It looks from your debugging output like you're intermixing scdaemon
> with pcsclite or possibly pcscd.  It's possible that two daemons are in
> contention for the device.  Can you tell whether that might be the case
> on your system?
> 
>     --dkg
> 

Now I have removed pcscd with apt-get remove and see it works now on my 
Debian 9 machine. Strangely on my Debian 8 machine pcscd is of version 
1.8.13-1 while no scdaemon is installed. Nonetheless I remember gpg 
--card-status always having worked on my Debian 8 machine.