Daniel Kahn Gillmor [2017-09-06 13:43:14-04] wrote: > On Wed 2016-12-07 19:59:07 +0200, Teemu Likonen wrote: >> GnuPG agent's (package: gpg-agent) man/info page says that >> >> You should always add the following lines to your .bashrc or >> whatever initialization file is used for all shell invocations: >> >> GPG_TTY=$(tty) >> export GPG_TTY
> I'm not convinced this is a good idea, though i confess i've always > been a bit confused about bash's initialization process, with the > distinctions between interactive shells, login shells, etc. > Users who need this setting are generally special cases, and can > figure out how to put it in themselves if they need it (and they might > not need it at all anyway). Maybe you are right. I just based my suggestion on the gpg-agent manual which says "You should always add the following lines to your .bashrc [...]". The manual is then misleading and should be rewritten to be more specific about the issue. I don't know whether I need GPG_TTY or not. I read the manual but I doesn't give any answers to "why".
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