Re: Using gpg with emacs mu4e and mbsync

Werner Koch via Gnupg-users <[email protected]> Fri, 15 May 2026 10:10:04 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.user
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> gpg -q --for-your-eyes-only --no-tty -d ~/.authinfo.gpg

--for-your-eyes-only does nothin but setting "_CONSOLE" as embedded
filename - it is a useless option and is a PGP 2 legacy.

Do not use --no-tty but use

  gpg -v --batch -d -o -  ~/.authinfo.gpg

assuming that you want to see the output on stdout (it is actually the
default with -d but better better make it explicit).

> For this, I put a 'pinentry loopback' in the conf file of gpg (config

Don't.  Put --pinentry-mode=loopback on the command line.  Otherwiese
you break other use cases of gpg.

gpg.conf:
> use-agent

That is a no-op for many many years.

> pinentry-mode loopback

see above.

> gpg-agent.conf:
>
> ```
> pinentry-program /usr/bin/pinentry-curses
> allow-emacs-pinentry
> allow-loopback-pinentry

okay.   There is also an emacs pinentry but I am not aware of the
current state of things.  I use Emacs on X with the GTK pinentry


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

-- 
The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that
refuse military service.             - A. Einstein

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