Package: gnupg-agent Version: 2.0.11-1 Severity: normal -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
The agent seems to silently fail when the pinentry-program configured in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf is not available. I observed the problem when I accidently uninstalled pinentry-qt and kmail failed in obtaining a passphrase for signing the e-mail without being able to give a specific error message (such as "pinentry-qt not available", which would have helped fixing the problem in an instant). I am, however, not completely sure whether this is a problem of the gnupg-agent not providing an error message or the tools using the agent forwarding it. But it keeps the user from knowing what the problem is. - -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-iglu Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gnupg-agent depends on: ii libc6 2.9-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcrypt11 1.4.4-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libgpg-error0 1.6-1 library for common error values an ii libpth20 2.0.7-12 The GNU Portable Threads ii libreadline5 5.2-4 GNU readline and history libraries ii pinentry-qt [pinentry] 0.7.5-3 Qt-based PIN or pass-phrase entry Versions of packages gnupg-agent recommends: ii gnupg 1.4.9-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii gnupg2 2.0.11-1 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep ii gpgsm 2.0.11-1 GNU privacy guard - S/MIME version gnupg-agent suggests no packages. - -- no debconf information -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknx5iYACgkQCzwJDc+R5x771QCeJwJGFzku4zr0u+HL3r0V6IQp OqIAnAuC+4J6+zJSEq5j9K63im9hVJH4 =3SjS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
