[gobolinux-users] SignProgram, gnupg and gpg-agent

[Daniele Maccari]

Daniele Maccari wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> every time I compile a program I'm asked for my password to unlock the 
> secret key gpg generated to sign the packed recipe. The fact is that 
> every time I get the following message:
>
> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
> user: "Daniele Maccari <daniele.maccari at gmail.com>"
> 1024-bit DSA key, ID 70B1E2CD, created 2007-12-04
>
> can't connect to `/Users/macco/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent': No such file or 
> directory
>
> and then the pinentry window appears. So I'm wondering if and how 
> gpg-agent should be configured in order to use it and (as I've 
> understood it) enter the password only once in a session.
> I added the string `eval gpg-agent --daemon` to my ~/.xinitrc file, but 
> it seems to put the S.gpg-agent temp file in the /tmp dir rather than in 
> my home.
>
> Thanks in advance
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Hmm, I've just noticed that it works if I laung gpg-agent from the 
shell, so there should be some problem in the boot phase. I'll try to 
put the eval command in zsh's init file.