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bug#29906: 27.0.50; Emacs prompts for passwords in GUI dialog instead of
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Stefan Kangas |
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bug#29906: 27.0.50; Emacs prompts for passwords in GUI dialog instead of minibuffer |
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Sun, 29 Sep 2019 01:18:24 +0200 |
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: nljlistbox2@gmail.com (N. Jackson)
>> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 21:11:44 -0500
>>
>> When I start Gnus with `M-x gnus' I get prompted for my password
>> (for my authinfo.gpg file) in a GUI dialog box. Expected
>> behaviour: The prompt is in the minibuffer.
>>
>> Similarly, when I open a .gpg file with `C-x C-f' I am being
>> presented with a GUI dialog instead of a prompt in the minibuffer.
>>
>> In general I expect to see prompts in the minibuffer unless I
>> interact with Emacs with the mouse, through the menus or toolbar.
>>
>> This behaviour is new since I last used master a few months ago.
>
> Does this NEWS.26 entry help?
>
> ** The pinentry.el library has been removed.
> That package (and the corresponding change in GnuPG and pinentry)
> was intended to provide a way to input passphrase through Emacs with
> GnuPG 2.0. However, the change to support that was only implemented
> in GnuPG >= 2.1 and didn't get backported to GnuPG 2.0. And with
> GnuPG 2.1 and later, pinentry.el is not needed at all. So the
> library was useless, and we removed it. GnuPG 2.0 is no longer
> supported by the upstream project.
>
> To adapt to the change, you may need to set 'epa-pinentry-mode' to the
> symbol 'loopback'.
>
> What version of GnuPG do you have on that system?
If I'm not mistaken, there is nothing more to do here. Therefore, and
if no one protests within a reasonable time, I will close this as
notabug.
Best regards,
Stefan Kagas
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