Mutt and gpg 1.4

[john doe]

On 9/19/2018 7:49 PM, cyg Simple wrote:
> On 9/19/2018 11:51 AM, john doe wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I install 'mutt' through command line '... --packages mutt ...' it
>> works.
>> gpg-1.4.23 is installed as dependency.
>>
>> I rather use gpg4win already installed on my host.
>>
>> How can I remove gpg-1.4.23 and all related dependencies through command
>> line or how can I prevent, through command line, 'gpg' from being
>> installed when installing mutt?
>>
> 
> I can say from experience that the two do not mix well.  The file
> permissions and locking between the two distributions of gpg do not lend
> to coexistence.  Rather you should be sure to use an export->import
> process to keep the two databases in sync.  Do not point your Windows
> GPG port and your Cygwin gpg to the same database.
> 
> Aside from what I've mentioned in the above, Cygwin mutt is tied to
> Cygwin gpg via the library interface so you can't get rid of it.  You
> just need to keep the two DB happily in sync which may not be an easy
> process if both are adding to their DB, you'll need to export both, add
> the differences to one export and import to both.
> 

Reading this thread, and given the fact that "gnupg" is not officially 
supported on Cygwin.
That left me with two options:

1)  Use cygwinnized gnupg
2)  use gpg4win and enigmail

Any thoughts?

Thanks to "Marco Atzeri" and "Doug Henderson" for their answers and "cyg 
Simple" for the above.

-- 
John Doe

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