I've tried recompiling things, and was able to initially set a key with a empty passphrase (pressing return twice).
But if I use --edit-key to change passwd, and then try to set it back to blank...I get the warning, and infinite loop asking for "y/N" but never accepts either answer... On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Errol Casey <er...@askerrol.org> wrote: > When I use gpg2 --edit-key <emailaddress>, and then use passwd to > change/remove > passphrase by entering a blank passphrase. I get hung in an input loop > > lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk > x Please re-enter this passphrase x > x x > x Passphrase ________________________________________ x > x x > x <OK> <Cancel> x > mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj > > > > > > > > > You don't want a passphrase - this is probably a *bad* idea! > > Do you really > want to do this? (y/N) > > I truss the process (this is on Solaris 10), and I see it receiving the > "y\r" but it doesn't continue. > > I can type N enter, and see 'N\r" also. > > So not sure if it is a local issue with tty, compile issue with pinentry, > or gnupg? > > But it accepts my original passphrase, and hitting enter twice and > selecting yes I want to do it, gets me to this last prompt and it will go > no further. > > Hmmm: > > Thinking the compile/linking of pinentry is the cause. I've seen this > before, but just ran > > pinentry --version > ld.so.1: pinentry-curses: fatal: libiconv.so.2: open failed: No such file > or directory > Killed > > > seems I have to modify LD_LIBRARY_PATH to get pinentry to work; but this > change was made en enviornment when I tried changing passphrase above. Not > sure where the input problem is being generated. > > $ pinentry --version > pinentry-curses (pinentry) 0.9.0 > $ gpg2 --version > gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.26 > libgcrypt 1.6.2 > Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later < > http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > > Home: ~/.gnupg > Supported algorithms: > Pubkey: RSA, RSA, RSA, ELG, DSA > Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH, > CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256 > Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224 > Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2 > -- > Errol Casey > er...@askerrol.org > -- Errol Casey er...@askerrol.org
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