[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] gnupg: add pinentry RDEPENDS

[Paul Barker]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 08:23:01AM +0800, Rongqing Li wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/19/2014 11:08 PM, Burton, Ross wrote:
> >On 19 September 2014 07:49,  <rongqing.li at windriver.com> wrote:
> >>gnupg needs pinentry to run
> >
> >Isn't this only needed if the agent is enabled?
> >
> >Ross
> >
> >
> 
> 
> No, gnupg 2.x.x always need it;
> 
> 1. the below is from README of gnupg
> 
> You also need the Pinentry package for most function of GnuPG; however
> it is not a build requirement.  Pinentry is available at
> ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/pinentry/ .
> 

There are some uses of gnupg which never need pinentry. For example, managing
the set of trusted keys for verifying package and feed signatures with opkg. I'd
prefer pinentry to be in RRECOMMENDS so that I can add it to
BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS and thereby disable it when I know it isn't needed.

Thanks,

-- 
Paul Barker

Email: paul at paulbarker.me.uk
http://www.paulbarker.me.uk
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