Your message dated Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:08:10 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1144749: fixed in pinentry 1.3.3-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #1144749,
regarding pinentry-gnome3: pinentry-gnome3 fails when G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all
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Package: pinentry-gnome3
Version: 1.3.3-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
As reported upstream on [email protected] in message
id:cafh6oawx7_nvxc1pwdayx-s3tzxgg_bneyspzmg5duhca63...@mail.gmail.com ,
when G_MESSAGES_DEBUG is set to some more verbose value, pinentry-gnome3
chokes by dumping Glib/Gcr messages to stdout, which interferes with the
assuan connectivity.
Kernc has provided a patch on that mailing list, attached here.
From: Kernc <[email protected]>
By default, GLib/Gcr/libsecret outputs debug/info logging messages
to stdout, but we use that as the Assuan channel, and outputting to
it anything but the expected verbs breaks pinentry pipelines
in confusing ways.
It is unknown whether a similar patch is needed for gtk-2
or other flavors via the 'CLEARPASSPHRASE' command,
nor if G_MESSAGES_DEBUG needs unsetting from the environment.
An old user reports Gtk-warnings even with pinentry-qt,
but their issue needs more verification.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260629091849/https://dev.gnupg.org/T4144.html
Care must be placed in who inherits our Assuan fds
and what they do with them.
GnuPG-bug-id: 4144
GnuPG-bug-id: 2243
GnuPG-bug-id: 2397
Signed-off-by: Kernc <[email protected]>
---
gnome3/pinentry-gnome3.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnome3/pinentry-gnome3.c b/gnome3/pinentry-gnome3.c
index 7f21d6f..3692f49 100644
--- a/gnome3/pinentry-gnome3.c
+++ b/gnome3/pinentry-gnome3.c
@@ -518,6 +518,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
pinentry_init (PGMNAME);
+/* Prevent logging messages escaping to stdout (our Assuan channel). */
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 68, 0)
+ g_log_writer_default_set_use_stderr (TRUE);
+#else
+ g_unsetenv ("G_MESSAGES_DEBUG");
+#endif
+
#ifdef FALLBACK_CURSES
if (!getenv ("DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"))
{
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2.47.3
Regards,
--dkg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing-debug
APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'),
(200, 'unstable-debug'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 7.1.3+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/20 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages pinentry-gnome3 depends on:
ii gcr 3.41.2-6+b1
ii libassuan9 3.0.2-2+b2
ii libc6 2.42-17
ii libgcr-base-3-1 3.41.2-6+b1
ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.88.3-2
ii libgpg-error0 1.61-3
ii libncursesw6 6.6+20260608-2
ii libsecret-1-0 0.21.7-2+b1
ii libtinfo6 6.6+20260608-2
Versions of packages pinentry-gnome3 recommends:
ii dbus-user-session 1.16.2-5+b1
Versions of packages pinentry-gnome3 suggests:
pn pinentry-doc <none>
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: pinentry
Source-Version: 1.3.3-3
Done: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
pinentry, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]> (supplier of updated pinentry
package)
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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:39:27 -0400
Source: pinentry
Architecture: source
Version: 1.3.3-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]>
Closes: 1144749
Changes:
pinentry (1.3.3-3) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* gnome3: Redirect GLib logging messages to stderr (Closes: #1144749)
* refresh patches with gbp pq
* debian/watch: convert to v5
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