[Enigmail] Enigmail fails with GnuPG2 + OpenPGP Card

[Patrick Brunschwig]

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> Patrick Brunschwig schrieb:
>> Stefan Xenon wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>> I use GnuPG2 and tried to generate a key on the OpenPGP Card.
>>> Unfortunately it failed with the error message "unbekannter Fehler bei
>>> Schlüsselgenerierung" (unknown error). The Enigmail console tells me the
>>> following command is executed:
>>> C:\Program Files\GNU\GnuPG2\gpg2.exe --charset utf8 --no-tty --status-
>>> fd 1 --logger-fd 1 --command-fd 0 --with-colons --card-edit
>>> It works on the same system when configuring Enigmail to use GnuPG v1.
>>> So maybe an compatibility issue with GnuPG v2?
>> Yes, an incompatibility with GnuPG v2. I have fixed this a few days ago.
>>
>> In order to use gpg2, you will need a trunk version of Enigmail. Please
>> also note that generating keys and administration of GnuPG cards is
>> broken in Enigmail v0.96.0; it will be fixed in the next version of
>> Enigmail.
>>
>
> Also I experience that the Enigmail option, how long to store the
> passphrase, does not work with GnuPG. Is it possible to fix it for the
> next version please?
>
> Also I would be interested to know when you schedule to release the next
> version (roughly)?

(Please place replies below the rest of the conversations.)

With GnuPG 2, gpg-agent must be used (no way to avoid it). Therefore it
is not possible to control the duration of how long the passphrase is
remembered, since passphrase-remembering is handled by gpg-agent -- it
cannot be fixed in Enigmail by any means.

If you want to change the passhprase timeout settings, you'll need to
create a gpg-agent.conf file in the same directory as your gpg.conf file.

The next release will be ready when it's ready. Sorry, I can't be more
precise than this.

- -Patrick
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