On 04/11/2019 12.34, Werner Koch wrote: > On Sun, 3 Nov 2019 08:31, Fourhundred Thecat said: > >> $ gpg --list-secret-keys >> gpg: can't connect to the agent: No such file or directory >> gpg: failed to start agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': No such file or directory > > Your system is not properly installed. It is missing the gpg-agent > which is a mandatory part of GnuPG. Except for some esoteric commands > there is no way to use gpg without gpg-agent. The gpg-agent is used for > private keys as well as to provide a couple of other information like a > useful iteration count for the S2K mechanism.
Yes, that is exactly the problem. Why should simple operations require gpg agent ? Imagine the authors of "cat" or "ls" decided that these utilities no longer work without cat-agent or ls-agent. What will be next? gpg will not work without gnome desktop ? _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
