On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:49:29 +0200, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM Fabio Valentini <decatho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM Björn Persson <Bjorn@rombobjörn.se> wrote: > > > > > > > On upgrade to Fedora 43, some non-essential GnuPG utilities will no > > > > longer be available by default, and instead moved to the optional > > > > `gnupg2-g13`, `gnupg2-utils`, and `gnupg2-wks` packages. > > > > > > In the merge request I see "Recommends: gnupg2-utils", so that one will > > > be pulled in by default. Those that are neither required nor recommended > > > are -keyboxd, -g13 and -wks. > > > > > > > Alternatively, these optional packages could get pulled in on upgrade, > > > > but not for "fresh" installs. > > > > > > That would be better, to avoid breaking things for those who use those > > > utilities. The way to achieve that used to be an arcane mystery, but as > > > it happens, I wrote it down last year: > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_one_to_many_replacement > > > > Thanks - this is the kind of feedback that I was hoping for. > > I am not *that* familiar with GnuPG so I probably erred on the side of > > caution for which things should get pulled in by default. > > > > Pulling in *all* new subpackages on upgrade to avoid breaking existing > > setups sounds like a good idea. > > Do you have any opinion on which new optional subpackages should or > > should not get pulled in by default on new installs? > > > > For example, dropping "gnupg2 Recommends: gnupg2-utils" should be safe. > > I am unsure about keeping "gnupg2 Recommends: gnupg2-scdaemon" though. > > I don't think that is needed by default, but only for SmartCard > > support? > > > > Would the presence of pcsc-lite be an indicator of smartcard support being > used?
By default, GnuPG's scdaemon does not use pcscd to access smartcard, but its own implementation. scdaemon also exclusively locks cards, which means that applications that use cards via pcscd may sometimes fail. There are several ways around this, but an easy one is to *not* install both pcscd and scdaemon. That's not always feasible, of course. :) Neal -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
