[Bug 1257706] Re: gpg-agent environment variables not correctly exported

[neagix]

I have recently updated my blog post/rant about this whole class of
issues.

For users/developers that want a recap and a working approach:
http://neagix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/setup-gpg-smartcard-reader-in-ubuntu-14.html

Feel free to merge the proposed xsession script, if you evaluate it to
be of enough quality.

** Attachment added: "91-custom-gpg-agent"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg2/+bug/1257706/+attachment/4305003/+files/91-custom-gpg-agent

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Title:
  gpg-agent environment variables not correctly exported

Status in gnupg2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Since Ubuntu 13.10, there is an Upstart script /usr/share/upstart/sessions/gpg-agent.conf which launches the gpg-agent daemon and then export the GPG_AGENT_INFO environment variable:
     initctl set-env --global GPG_AGENT_INFO=$GPG_AGENT_INFO
  This is enough to prevent the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90gpg-agent script from launching gpg-agent itself, but it's not enough to actually use gpg-agent, you also need to export SSH_AUTH_SOCK and SSH_AGENT_PID.

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