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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 2667b3e 2/2: Clarify GnuPG version compatibility
From: |
Daiki Ueno |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 2667b3e 2/2: Clarify GnuPG version compatibility chapter |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Feb 2016 02:08:58 +0000 |
branch: emacs-25
commit 2667b3ebaee4c7d136e8320d859c7385c7ff88e5
Author: Daiki Ueno <address@hidden>
Commit: Daiki Ueno <address@hidden>
Clarify GnuPG version compatibility chapter
* doc/misc/epa.texi (GnuPG version compatibility): Make the gpg-agent
description a bit clearer.
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doc/misc/epa.texi | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/misc/epa.texi b/doc/misc/epa.texi
index 4b7b118..cb177c4 100644
--- a/doc/misc/epa.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/epa.texi
@@ -441,26 +441,30 @@ The default value is @code{t}.
@chapter GnuPG version compatibility
As of February 2016, there are three active branches of GnuPG: 2.1,
-2.0, and 1.4. All those branches should work flawlessly with Emacs,
+2.0, and 1.4. All those branches should work flawlessly with Emacs
with basic use-cases. They have, however, some incompatible
characteristics, which might be visible when used from Emacs.
@itemize
@item
-The key store format used by 2.1 is incompatible with 1.4. That
-means, a key created with 2.1 might not be visible with 1.4.
+The key store format used by GnuPG 2.1 is incompatible with 1.4. That
+means, a key created with GnuPG 2.1 is not visible with 1.4.
@item
-2.1 uses a fixed Unix domain socket for gpg-agent, and ignores the
address@hidden environment variable, used by 2.0 and 1.4.
+GnuPG 2.1 uses a fixed address for the Unix domain socket used to
+communicate with gpg-agent. The @code{GPG_AGENT_INFO} environment
+variable, which is used by GnuPG 2.0 and 1.4, is ignored. That means,
+if your system has both GnuPG 2.1 and 1.4, the gpg command from GnuPG
+1.4 is not able to use gpg-agent provided by 2.1 (at least out of box).q
@item
-2.1 (2.1.5 or later) has a mechanism to direct the Pinentry password
-prompt to the Emacs address@hidden enable this feature, add
address@hidden to @file{~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf} and let
-gpg-agent reload the configuration, with: @samp{gpgconf --reload gpg-agent}},
-which would be useful when you use Emacs remotely or from a text-only
-terminal. That feature is not available in other versions, and more
+GnuPG 2.1 (2.1.5 or later) has a mechanism to direct the Pinentry
+password prompt to the Emacs address@hidden enable this
+feature, add @samp{allow-emacs-pinentry} to
address@hidden/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf} and let gpg-agent reload the
+configuration, with: @samp{gpgconf --reload gpg-agent}}, which would
+be useful when you use Emacs remotely or from a text-only terminal.
+That feature is not available in other versions, and more
specifically, with 2.0 (as of 2.0.29), there is no way to avoid the
graphical prompt.
@end itemize