On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 06:41:28PM -0400, Eric Dorland wrote: > * Josh Triplett (j...@joshtriplett.org) wrote: > > Package: gnupg2 > > Severity: normal > > > > Many packages depend on libgpgme11, which depends on gnupg2, which > > currently depends on gnupg-agent. gnupg-agent attempts to become the > > default agent for X11 sessions (potentially interfering with the user's > > existing agent such as gnome-keyring), and additionally pulls in a giant > > pile of GUI dependencies via its dependency on pinentry-gtk2. gnupg2 > > does not require gnupg-agent, nor is it even particularly unusual to > > have gnupg2 installed without gnupg-agent on many systems. Thus, I'd > > suggest that gnupg2 should only Suggests gnupg-agent. > > In what way does gnupg2 not depend on gnupg? If you want to enter a > password into gnupg2 gpg-agent is a requirement.
First, because there exist many uses for gpg2 that do not involve entering a passphrase, such as verification of existing signatures, working with passphraseless keys, or using options like --passphrase-fd. I'd argue that's actually the common case for most people with gnupg or gnupg2 installed. Second, because several other agents exist, such as gnome-keyring, which get pulled in as part of a default desktop install. And third, because libgpgme11 depends on gnupg2, but programs depending on libgpgme11 should not necessarily pull in gnupg-agent, given the above. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
