[gentoo-user] app-crypt/pinentry - major rework: "/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2" missing

[gentoo-user] app-crypt/pinentry - major rework: "/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2" missing

[Ramon Fischer]

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Hello list,

I recently updated "app-crypt/pinentry" and suddenly 
"/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2" was missing.

I am using "pinentry-gtk-2", so I can enter the passphrase for my GPG 
private key, when using the browser extension "Gopass Bridge".

Taking a look at the commit of the package[1], it states:

    [...]
    -disable gtk2 (obsolete)
    [...]

    @@ -58,16 +57,15 @@ src_configure() {
             econf \
             [...]
             --disable-pinentry-gtk2 \
             [...]

The USE flag "gtk" was not removed:

    -IUSE="caps emacs gnome-keyring fltk gtk ncurses qt5"
    +IUSE="caps emacs gnome-keyring gtk ncurses qt5"

Since when is this obsolete and is there any alternative?

-Ramon

[1] 
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=acad5327d6e44f7f4b2dd8a5eb6a563a1297aac3

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Re: [gentoo-user] app-crypt/pinentry - major rework: "/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2" missing

[Wynn Wolf Arbor]

On 2021-01-31 13:03, Ramon Fischer wrote:
> The USE flag "gtk" was not removed:
> 
>    -IUSE="caps emacs gnome-keyring fltk gtk ncurses qt5"
>    +IUSE="caps emacs gnome-keyring gtk ncurses qt5"
> 
> Since when is this obsolete and is there any alternative?

I cannot comment directly on the obsolescence of pinentry-gtk2 (most
certainly a decision upstream), but the alternative is pinentry-gnome3.

The gtk flag was not removed because it now configures pinentry-gnome3
instead of -gtk2. You should be able to select that using 'eselect
pinentry', but because of [1] you'll have to enable the gtk flag for
app-crypt/gcr first and then rebuild app-crypt/pinentry.

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767424

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Re: [gentoo-user] app-crypt/pinentry - major rework: "/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2" missing

[bobwxc]

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在 2021/1/31 下午8:43, Wynn Wolf Arbor 写道:
> On 2021-01-31 13:03, Ramon Fischer wrote:
>> The USE flag "gtk" was not removed:
>>
>>     -IUSE="caps emacs gnome-keyring fltk gtk ncurses qt5"
>>     +IUSE="caps emacs gnome-keyring gtk ncurses qt5"
>>
>> Since when is this obsolete and is there any alternative?
> I cannot comment directly on the obsolescence of pinentry-gtk2 (most
> certainly a decision upstream), but the alternative is pinentry-gnome3.
>
> The gtk flag was not removed because it now configures pinentry-gnome3
> instead of -gtk2. You should be able to select that using 'eselect
> pinentry', but because of [1] you'll have to enable the gtk flag for
> app-crypt/gcr first and then rebuild app-crypt/pinentry.
>
> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767424
>
See <https://developer.gnome.org/gtk2/>
     This module is heading towards planned deprecation.
     It will continue to be supported and API/ABI stable throughout the 
GNOME 2.x series,
     but we do not recommend using it in new applications unless you 
require
     functionality that has not already been moved elsewhere.

It have been un-recommended for a long time.

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Re: [gentoo-user] app-crypt/pinentry - major rework: "/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2" missing [RESOLVED]

[Ramon Fischer]

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Thanks!

The USE flag "gtk" for the package "app-crypt/gcr" was missing.

After following your instructions, it is working again using 
"/usr/bin/pinentry-gnome3":

    $ < /etc/portage/package.use/pinentry
    app-crypt/pinentry gtk
    app-crypt/gcr gtk
    $ emerge --ask --changed-use gcr
    $ emerge --ask pinentry
    $ ls -l /usr/bin/pinentry-gnome3
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 81520 Jan 31 17:21 /usr/bin/pinentry-gnome3
    $ eselect pinentry list
    Available pinentry binary implementations:
       [1] pinentry-gnome3
       [2] pinentry-curses *
       [3] pinentry-tty
    $ eselect pinentry set 1
    $ eselect pinentry list
    Available pinentry binary implementations:
       [1]   pinentry-gnome3 *
       [2]   pinentry-curses
       [3]   pinentry-tty

 From the issue ticket:
> Therefore I propose that if app-crypt/pinentry uses +gtk, there should be a dependency for app-crypt/gcr +gtk
I totally agree with this.

> See <https://developer.gnome.org/gtk2/>
>     This module is heading towards planned deprecation.
>     It will continue to be supported and API/ABI stable throughout the 
> GNOME 2.x series,
>     but we do not recommend using it in new applications unless you 
> require
>     functionality that has not already been moved elsewhere.
>
> It have been un-recommended for a long time.
Thanks for the clarification!

-Ramon

On 31/01/2021 13:43, Wynn Wolf Arbor wrote:
> On 2021-01-31 13:03, Ramon Fischer wrote:
>> The USE flag "gtk" was not removed:
>>
>>     -IUSE="caps emacs gnome-keyring fltk gtk ncurses qt5"
>>     +IUSE="caps emacs gnome-keyring gtk ncurses qt5"
>>
>> Since when is this obsolete and is there any alternative?
> I cannot comment directly on the obsolescence of pinentry-gtk2 (most
> certainly a decision upstream), but the alternative is pinentry-gnome3.
>
> The gtk flag was not removed because it now configures pinentry-gnome3
> instead of -gtk2. You should be able to select that using 'eselect
> pinentry', but because of [1] you'll have to enable the gtk flag for
> app-crypt/gcr first and then rebuild app-crypt/pinentry.
>
> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767424
>

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