Re: [PATCH] gnu: pius: Update to 2.2.2-0.891687c.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 01:53:19PM -0500, Troy Sankey wrote:
>> Attached is a patch to upgrade pius to a version that works with
>> gpg-agent 2.1, in my experience.  I have tested this version with
>> address@hidden as the gpg input and gpg-agent version, and using a new
>> style keybox (pubring.kbx) file as the keyring.
>> 
>> This also effectively reverts commit 31fbf4b6:
>> 
>>   "gnu: pius: Depend on GnuPG 2.0 rather than 2.1."
>> 
>> Another thread in guix-devel [0] suggests that pius could not deal with
>> gpg-agent 2.1 which is why it may have been configured to use gnupg-2.0.
>> The attached patch brings support for 2.1, so I think I am also allowed
>> to revert 31fbf4b6.
>> 
>> Note, however, the code comment describes a different concern:
>> 
>> > -             ("gpg" ,gnupg-2.0)))          ;2.1 fails to talk to 
>> > gpg-agent 2.0
>> 
>> I have yet to test gpg/gpgme 2.1 with gpg-agent 2.0, mostly due to the
>> fact that gnupg 2.0 and 2.1 keep/expect agent sockets in completely
>> different directories.  I tried a couple of things and lost my patience.
>> I do not understand how gpg 2.1 can talk to gpg-agent 2.0 without weird
>> hackery.
>> 
>> This version installs from git because it has been 20 days since my
>> request to bump the version [1], and I got impatient.
>> 
>> Troy
>> 
>> [0] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg01885.html
>> [1] https://github.com/jaymzh/pius/issues/46
>
>> From 581ff5477ad7dd0d58550ffcfa68116873a1a1bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Troy Sankey <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:53:07 -0500
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: pius: Update to 2.2.2-0.891687c.
>> 
>> * gnu/packages/gnupg.scm (pius): Update to 2.2.2-0.891687c.
>> [inputs]: Change GNUPG-2.0 to GNUPG (2.1).
>
> Thanks, this change LGTM.

+1, applied.

> I think we should start trying to move away from any dependencies on
> GnuPG 2.0, since it will be retired in ~12 months:

Agreed.

Thank you!

Ludo’.