Re: [gentoo-user] gnupg 2.1: mutt asks for the passphrase twice

[Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de>]

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On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 08:26:48AM +1100, Sam Jorna wrote:

> > > apparently, gnupg 2.1 does not recognise my passphrase anymore if I enter it
> > > in mutt’s terminal: I compose a signed mail in mutt and send it off. Thus I
> > > am asked for the passphrase first on the terminal (as it has always been),
> > > and then a second time in a graphical pinentry window.
> >
> > I just recently resolved this myself. You need to add
> > 
> > --pinentry-mode loopback
> > 
> > to the relevant commands in your muttrc:
> > [...]
> Just re-read this and realised it sounds like I meant the only ones you
> needed it on were those three. I believe the option needs to be added to
> those three plus "pgp_sign_command" and "pgp_clearsign_command".

Thanks a mucho. The mutt docs say that pgp_clearsign_command is deprecated,
so I won’t change that. In case I ever use it unintentionally. :)

I used the opportunity to upgrade mutt from 1.5 to 1.7, which merged the
sidebar patch upstream with better formatting than before. *yay*

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