I have updated the pinentry port and it compiles for me now. I'm using
pinentry-mac which didn't break.
Please let me know if you still have issues.
Thanks,
Jann
On 17/01/2026 22:56, MacPorts wrote:
#73403: No pinentry for GPG
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Reporter: vkuznet | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.11.6
Resolution: | Keywords: gpg, pinetry, gnupg2
Port: gnupg2 |
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Comment (by crimsonpython24):
I believe I ran into a similar issue.
{{{
admin@device ~ % sudo port install gnupg2
Password:
---> Computing dependencies for gnupg2
# ...
---> Cleaning gnupg2
---> Updating database of binaries
---> Scanning binaries for linking errors
---> Found 3 broken files, matching files to ports
---> Found 1 broken port, determining rebuild order
You can always run 'port rev-upgrade' again to fix errors.
The following ports will be rebuilt: pinentry @1.2.1
Continue? [Y/n]: n
}}}
When installing `pinentry` explicitly:
{{{
```fish
admin@device ~ % sudo port install pinentry
Password:
---> Computing dependencies for pinentry
---> Cleaning pinentry
---> Scanning binaries for linking errors
---> Found 3 broken files, matching files to ports
---> Found 1 broken port, determining rebuild order
You can always run 'port rev-upgrade' again to fix errors.
The following ports will be rebuilt: pinentry @1.2.1
Continue? [Y/n]: y
---> Computing dependencies for pinentry
---> Cleaning pinentry
---> Scanning binaries for linking errors
---> Found 3 broken files, matching files to ports
---> Found 1 broken port, determining rebuild order
---> Rebuilding in order
pinentry @1.2.1_0
---> Computing dependencies for pinentry
---> Fetching distfiles for pinentry
---> Attempting to fetch pinentry-1.2.1.tar.bz2 from
https://distfiles.macports.org/pinentry
---> Verifying checksums for pinentry
---> Extracting pinentry
---> Configuring pinentry
Error: Failed to configure pinentry: consult /opt/local/var/macports/build
/pinentry-7fceddc8/work/pinentry-1.2.1/config.log
Error: Failed to configure pinentry: configure failure: command execution
failed
Error: See
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_security_pinentry/pinentry/main.log
for details.
Error: rev-upgrade failed: Error rebuilding pinentry
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets if you believe
there is a bug.
}}}
Looking at the log:
{{{
cat /opt/local/var/macports/build/pinentry-
7fceddc8/work/pinentry-1.2.1/config.log
configure:7375: checking for LIBASSUAN - version >= 2.1.0
configure:7416: result: yes (3.0.2)
configure:7431: checking LIBASSUAN API version
configure:7438: result: does not match. want=2 got=3.
```
Here, `pinentry 1.2.1` seems to require `libassuan API` version 2, but the
system installed `libassuan 3.0.2`, which provides API v3. I.e.,
`pinentry` doesn't seem updated to support the newer `libassuan`, which
breaks the installation. As a result:
```fish
Real name:
Email address:
Comment:
You selected this USER-ID:
"text"
Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? O
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
gpg: agent_genkey failed: No pinentry
Key generation failed: No pinentry
}}}
Attached is the full error log: https://github.com/user-
attachments/files/24692472/error.txt. I also commented on GitHub on this
breaking change: https://github.com/macports/macports-
ports/commit/98ae05cecc79ffe84aee5ec4fe912b4a5be5b1e9#commitcomment-174969842.
