On 05/02/2017 10:08, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > Were you able to isolate what's launching the process?
Yes I finally took the time to test all apt hooks and found the cause: it is /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/11daptup from package daptup. Should I reassign the bug? > btw, that gpg-agent process is a systemd user service. when root fully > logs out of the machine, that user service should also terminate. > perhaps its running might cause you less worry if you know it will get > cleaned up at logout? It is more complicated than that: since I have cron-apt on my system, a new gpg-agent process is spawned automatically each night and does not go away. -- Laurent.

