Re: trunk r118306: epg: Utilize --pinentry-mode added in GnuPG 2.1

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 07 Nov 2014 06:13:27 +0000 Daiki Ueno <address@hidden> wrote: 

DU> +(defcustom epa-pinentry-mode nil
DU> +  "The pinentry mode.
DU> +
DU> +GnuPG 2.1 or later has an option to control the behavior of
DU> +Pinentry invocation.  Possible modes are: `ask', `cancel',
DU> +`error', and `loopback'.  See the GnuPG manual for the meanings.
DU> +
DU> +In epa commands, a particularly useful mode is `loopback', which
DU> +redirects all Pinentry queries to the caller, so Emacs can query
DU> +passphrase through the minibuffer, instead of external Pinentry
DU> +program."
DU> +  :type '(choice (const nil)
DU> +            (const ask)
DU> +            (const cancel)
DU> +            (const error)
DU> +            (const loopback))
DU> +  :group 'epa
DU> +  :version "25.1")
DU> +

Hello,

does this mean `epa-file-cache-passphrase-for-symmetric-encryption' can
work with GnuPG 2.1?  Do you plan to enable that functionality?

Thanks
Ted