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Re: [PATCH] vc-list-files-tests: Avoid OpenPGP private key operations.


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vc-list-files-tests: Avoid OpenPGP private key operations.
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 14:34:27 -0800

On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 3:00 AM Simon Josefsson via Gnulib discussion
list <bug-gnulib@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi.  I had a background job doing 'make check' in a project that
> triggered a GnuPG private key operation PIN prompt... this was
> surprising to me, and the attached fix should avoid that happening.  If
> my PIN had been cached, this would have signed a commit behind my back
> (although this would have been a harmless one).  I think this behaviour
> should generally be considered a bug.  I wonder if there are more
> examples of this hidden deep inside scripts.

Good catch. Thanks!



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