gpg2 / gpg-agent passphrase prompt

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca
Wed Jan 22 16:47:45 GMT 2025


On 2025-01-22 01:00, ASSI via Cygwin wrote:
> I've got a new machine with Win11 at work, copied over all my
> configuration from the old Win10 one, but I can't seem to get gpg2 to
> show the passphrase prompt through the W32 GUI of GPG agent.  In fact
> the agent doesn't seem to even start (the named pipes do not get
> created) and I get prompted directly by gpg2.  Any ideas where I should
> look or what config I may have missing?

Possibly install Cygwin pinentry{,-emacs,-gnome3,-gtk2,-qt}?

Or GPG4Win https://www.gpg4win.org/download.html for W32 GUI?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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