[Bug 367163] Re: gpg uses popup dialog instead of cli by default

[Rolf Leggewie]

FWIW, "sudo aptitude pinentry-ncurses;sudo aptitude purge pinentry-gtk2"
or simply "sudo update-alternatives --config pinentry" should fix the
issue for those with headless installations.

Maybe having gpg-agent depend on "pinentry-ncurses | pinentry-gtk2 |
pinentry" would be a better option over the current situation of
preferring the gtk2 variant (why not qt?).  If you want to argue that
case, please open a separate ticket, I suggest.

I agree the change in question had some fallout (and I am a frequent
user of headless systems and often annoyed by the lack of consideration
for that group) but it's been a conscious choice it seems.  Setting to
Opinion as resolution.

** Changed in: gnupg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Opinion

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Title:
  gpg uses popup dialog instead of cli by default

Status in “gnupg” package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnupg

  On ubuntu jaunty 32bit:

  For some reason gnupg uses a popup dialog to ask for passphrases,
  instead of using the command line. This means that things like debuild
  will also use popup dialogs when signing packages.

  This breaks lots of software and scripts that are reliant on it being
  able to pragmatically drive gpg and debuild.

  The default behaviour should be to use the cli. With an option for
  popup dialogs.

  This was not a problem in hardy or intrepid.

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