Cannot open *.asc files with gpg -- because no pinentry

2023-01-06 Thread Ken Heard
When I try to do so I receive the following message: [GNUPG:] ENC_TO 091EE1D5633F19F2 16 0 [GNUPG:] KEY_CONSIDERED 7D605C8CDA5240843A6B9A8394D949CCE9099937 0 [GNUPG:] KEY_CONSIDERED 7D605C8CDA5240843A6B9A8394D949CCE9099937 0 gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit ELG key, ID 091EE1D5633F19F2, created 2007

Re: Cannot open *.asc files with gpg -- because no pinentry

2023-01-06 Thread Jerome BENOIT
On 06/01/2023 11:38, Ken Heard wrote: When I try to do so I receive the following message: [GNUPG:] ENC_TO 091EE1D5633F19F2 16 0 [GNUPG:] KEY_CONSIDERED 7D605C8CDA5240843A6B9A8394D949CCE9099937 0 [GNUPG:] KEY_CONSIDERED 7D605C8CDA5240843A6B9A8394D949CCE9099937 0 gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit E

Package versions in multi-arch

2023-01-06 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hi list I have a package installation problem which leads to a question about how (and if) package versions interact in different architectures. My system is an amd64 bookworm system, with multi-arch support and some packages from i386 installed, to support a vendor-supplied printer driver and, m

Re: Package versions in multi-arch

2023-01-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
Mark wrote: > >I have a package installation problem which leads to a question about >how (and if) package versions interact in different architectures. > >My system is an amd64 bookworm system, with multi-arch support and >some packages from i386 installed, to support a vendor-supplied >printer dr

Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-06 Thread David Wright
On Thu 05 Jan 2023 at 10:40:59 (-0800), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: David Wright > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 21:46:39 -0600 > > What, you expect someone to obtain an i386 machine just to replicate > > that it's slow? And make it crash in some unspecified manner? > > Definitely not for th

Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-06 Thread David Wright
On Thu 05 Jan 2023 at 23:34:12 (-0500), Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 1:57 PM wrote: > > David Wright wrote on Wed, 4 Jan 2023 21:46:39 -0600 For clarification … > > > I ran FF on a 500MB i386 laptop to the end of buster, ... > > > > Debian dropped support for i386, i486

Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-06 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 01:26:54PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > And cool in this modern sense (and words like awesome, wicked, and so > on) is quite recent. > > Rather, > > coo² (slang) interjection, expressive of surprise. (Chambers) > > and this has been around far longer than my lifetime. >

Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-06 Thread gene heskett
On 1/6/23 15:19, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] I know that's going to be an obstacle for many of the people here, since we're generally a mature bunch, but that's the nature of a living language. If you want to use a slang term that you know is pretty old, and you aren't sure whether its meaning is

Re: Package versions in multi-arch

2023-01-06 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 at 15:39, Steve McIntyre wrote: > You've been bitten by a subtle but unfortunately common problem, > yes. In multi-arch systems the versions of packages have to be totally > in sync. But the +b1 syntax here means that the i386 package has had a > binNMU (binary NMU) build which

Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> What, you expect someone to obtain an i386 machine just to replicate >> that it's slow? And make it crash in some unspecified manner? > Definitely not for the problems with Firefox. BTW, regarding the problem with Firefox, a cause of crashes of Firefox for me is running out of memory. So there

[OT] coo, was Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-06 Thread David Wright
I'm only replying because I've got nothing better to do. (Recuperating.) On Fri 06 Jan 2023 at 15:18:44 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 01:26:54PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > And cool in this modern sense (and words like awesome, wicked, and so > > on) is quite recent. >

Re: [OT] coo, was Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-06 Thread Greg Wooledge
> > On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 01:26:54PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > Rather, > > > > > > coo² (slang) interjection, expressive of surprise. (Chambers) > > > > > > and this has been around far longer than my lifetime. > > When using slang, the current meaning is the one that will be understo

Re: Cannot open *.asc files with gpg -- because no pinentry

2023-01-06 Thread Ken Heard
On 2023-01-06 22:48, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hi, I had some similar issue a long time ego. So far I can remember the following page was very useful, in particular section 9.2: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GnuPG best, Jerome Thanks for the tip, it looks good. When I have a chance to test

Re: Debian release criteria.

2023-01-06 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 07:41:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: [...] > [...] hope that Firefox gets a bit more memory-efficient, Stefan, I *love* your dry humour :-) That said, my way to cope with it: my main browsing profile is one where I have excised javascript capabilities by "tuning" (rea