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authorEli Zaretskii2018-04-02 08:59:27 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii2018-04-02 08:59:27 +0300
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; * etc/NEWS: Improve the entry about pinentry.el removal.
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@@ -1505,7 +1505,10 @@ library was useless, and we removed it. GnuPG 2.0 is no longer
1505supported by the upstream project. 1505supported by the upstream project.
1506 1506
1507To adapt to the change, you may need to set 'epa-pinentry-mode' to the 1507To adapt to the change, you may need to set 'epa-pinentry-mode' to the
1508symbol 'loopback'. 1508symbol 'loopback'. Alternatively, leave 'epa-pinentry-mode' at its
1509default value of nil, and remove the 'allow-emacs-pinentry' setting
1510from your 'gpg-agent.conf' configuration file, usually found in the
1511'~/.gnupg' directory.
1509 1512
1510Note that previously, it was said that passphrase input through 1513Note that previously, it was said that passphrase input through
1511minibuffer would be much less secure than other graphical pinentry 1514minibuffer would be much less secure than other graphical pinentry