Re: bad epg.el+GPG2 behavior: unavoidable passphrase pinentry prompt

[Stefan Monnier]

SM> AFAIK it's perfectly OK to popup a password prompt when needed and
SM> I don't know under what circumstance this would be a problem.

> Using symmetric (passphrase) encryption:

> open authinfo.gpg in a buffer -> prompt
> edit
> save -> prompt
> VCS commit -> 2 or 3 prompts

I don't see how that relates to your previous question, which was about
preventing the prompt from appearing at all, rather than about making
sure that previous passwords are recorded and reused in subsequent uses.


        Stefan