Default to gpg2 instead of gpg

* lisp/epg-config.el (epg-gpg-program): Prefer gpg2 over gpg, if
it exists.  This fixes many problems with using the GPG
authentication agent.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e5f34a1d8a0..18c08dc5578 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -711,6 +711,10 @@ at BOL or EOL, or in whitespace there.  To enable these, customize,
 respectively, `show-paren-when-point-inside-paren' or
 `show-paren-when-point-in-periphery'.
 
+---
+** If gpg2 exists on the system, it is now used as the default value
+of `epg-gpg-program' (instead of gpg).
+
 ** Lisp mode
 
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