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

Rongqing Li rongqing.li at windriver.com
Tue Sep 23 00:24:44 UTC 2014



On 09/22/2014 08:00 PM, Paul Barker wrote:
> 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,
>

I am ok, but I still hope the oe-core can accept the pinentry, since
"You also need the Pinentry package for most function of GnuPG" as in
gnupg README

-Roy

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Best Reagrds,
Roy | RongQing Li



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