[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#1129944: pinentry-qt: immediate crash if X display is not available

Andreas Metzler ametzler at bebt.de
Mon Mar 30 17:24:27 BST 2026


On 2026-03-06 Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.net> wrote:
> Package: pinentry-qt
> Version: 1.3.2-4
> Severity: important

> pinentry-qt immediately crashes if the X display is not available.
> This can happen after a ssh to a remote machine (or if the value
> of DISPLAY is no longer valid).
[...]

Hello,

is your actual breakage with a invalid $DISPLAY or with
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 and unset $DISPLAY?

I am wondering whether invalid $DISPLAY is something that really happens
in no-exotic setups and needs to be handled.

cu Andreas



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