Re: 26.1-rc1: Gnus issue when signing message / prompting for passphrase

[Noam Postavsky]

>>>> I did have to change the value of `epa-pinentry-mode' to 'loopback to
>>>> get prompted for a passphrase when opening an encrypted file.  But,
>>>> when sending messages in Gnus with `mml-secure-message-sign', instead
>>>> of being prompted for the passphrase, a 'Wrong type argument:
>>>> char-or-string-p, nil' error is reported, which I believe occurs in or
>>>> around `mml-compute-boundary'.

>> Isn't this Bug#26298?
>
> This does describe what I am seeing.

I've proposed a patch there which renames `epa-pinentry-mode' into
`epg-pinentry-mode', any comments would be appreciated; we're
stumbling towards a solution but the bug thread is somewhat lacking
input from people with a strong grasp of how epg and epa code fits
together...

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=26298#63