On 2016-10-25 13:02:10 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> It is not inherently a bug to run "gpg --no-tty" with no X display.

This is documented as:

  Make sure that the TTY (terminal) is never used for any output.

But in my case (SSH without X forwarding), the tty was the *only* way
to provide the passphrase. Even if this doesn't imply anything for
input (to get the passphrase), it still has to display the prompt on
the tty.

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