* Joey Hess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030210 08:46]: > Benedict Verheyen wrote: > > is it possible (like with ssh) to have gpg ony ask you your passphrase > > once and then remember it for the duration of a session? > > This would be handy if one is writing a lot of emails and you don't want > > to bother every single time to type your passphrase. > > I chose quit a long and difficult passphrase and it isn't fun to type > > it over and over again when i want to encrypt or sign an email. > > > > Any sollution to this other than chosing a simpler and shorter > > passphrase? > > quintuple-agent, the new gpg-agent is supposed to be better but is not > in deban yet.
I've never used it, but is this the same one you're talking about?
doozer:~% apt-cache policy quintuple-agent
quintuple-agent:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.0.3
Version Table:
1.0.3 0
700 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
600 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
good times,
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