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bug#36784: Cannot generate key pair with GnuPG
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
bug#36784: Cannot generate key pair with GnuPG |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:34:07 +0200 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 1.2.0; emacs 26.2 |
Raghav Gururajan <address@hidden> writes:
>> Is there a good
>> reason not to include pinentry-tty or somemthing similarly small?
>
> It appears pinentry-tty is only console-based. If graphical
> applications like MUA, Key Managers etc require pinentry-program, it
> usually uses pop-up (gui) for passphrase input. Since pinentry provides
> both console and gui, I suggested it as it will be well-rounded
> solution. :)
I guess the reason for not adding a graphical pinentry is that this
would increase the package closure of the gnupg package.
Perhaps we should add gnupg-minimal for use in other package
definitions.
--
Ricardo