One minor correction: I'm not running systemd (there's a reason I run
Devuan!). But still, maybe there's a sysvinit thing that is doing a similar
operation, who knows.

Thanks for the response. I will have to read this more thoroughly.

On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 9:04 AM Werner Koch <w...@gnupg.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> you should really set aside problems wit the distribution and use the
> speedo variant to build eberthing.  This is somewhat similar to an
> AppImage.  From the README:
>
>   To quickly build all required software without installing it, the
>   Speedo target may be used:
>
>     make -f build-aux/speedo.mk native
>
>   This target downloads all required libraries and does a native build
>   of GnuPG to PLAY/inst/.  GNU make and the patchelf tool are
>   required.  After the build the entire software including all
>   libraries can be installed into an arbitrary location using for
>   example:
>
>     make -f build-aux/speedo.mk install SYSROOT=/usr/local/gnupg26
>
>   and run the binaries like
>
>     /usr/local/gnupg26/bin/gpg
>
>   which will also start any daemon from the same directory.  Make sure
>   to stop already running daemons or use a different GNUPGHOME.
>
> We may eventually extend gpgconf.ctl file to allow setting of a
> different default home directory.  For now you can use the GNUPGHOME
> envvar which also steps aside problems with systemd.
>
>
> Salam-Shalom,
>
>    Werner
>
>
> --
> The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that
> refuse military service.             - A. Einstein
>
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