Package: gnupg2 Version: 2.0.11-1 Severity: normal As the use of gpg-agent is mandatory in GnuPG 2, the gpg2 command fails if gnupg-agent is not installed:
$ gpg2 --no-use-agent --armor --symmetric gpg: WARNING: "--no-use-agent" is an obsolete option - it has no effect can't connect to `/home/ueno/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent': No such file or directory can't connect server: `ERR 33554701 can't exec `/usr/bin/gpg-agent': No such file or directory' gpg: can't connect to the agent: IPC connect call failed gpg: problem with the agent: No agent running gpg: error creating passphrase: Operation cancelled gpg: symmetric encryption of `[stdin]' failed: Operation cancelled Maybe gnupg-agent should be Depends: rather than to Recommends:? Regards, -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages gnupg2 depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-3 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.9-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.19.5-1 Multi-protocol file transfer libra ii libgcrypt11 1.4.4-3 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libgpg-error0 1.6-1 library for common error values an ii libksba8 1.0.7-1 X.509 and CMS support library ii libreadline5 5.2-5 GNU readline and history libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-14 compression library - runtime Versions of packages gnupg2 recommends: ii gnupg-agent 2.0.11-1 GNU privacy guard - password agent ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.15-1.1 OpenLDAP libraries Versions of packages gnupg2 suggests: ii gnupg-doc 2003.04.06+dak1-1 GNU Privacy Guard documentation ii xloadimage 4.1-16.1 Graphics file viewer under X11 -- no debconf information -- Daiki Ueno -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org