[pkg-x2go-devel] Bug#768425: Bug#768425: Bug#768425: pinentry-x2go: should provide virtual package pinentry (and maybe pinentry-x11 too)

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Jonas,

On  Sa 08 Nov 2014 11:27:57 CET, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> Quoting Mike Gabriel (2014-11-07 23:20:06)
>> On  Fr 07 Nov 2014 11:50:46 CET, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>>
>>> Package: pinentry-x2go
>>> Version: 0.7.5.7-1
>>> Severity: normal
>>> Implementations of pinentry interface seem to agree on the use of
>>> virtual package names pinentry pinentry-x11 and pinentr-qt, and it seems
>>> this package fits one or more of those.  If so, please advertise it :-)
>>
>> The package pinentry-x2go is a fork of the pinentry src:package back
>> in Debian sarge or etch. It has been maintained in parallel and
>> provides pinentry functionally to X2Go Client.
>>
>> It probably is not usable in any other context.
>
> I fail to understand your logic.
>
> Yes, this is specific to a context.  Just as pinentry-qt4 is specific to
> a context and pinentry-curses is specific to a context.
>
> If I wanted to install a Debian system solely usable in an x2go context,
> I am currently forced to pull in either of GTK+ or Qt or ncurses
> libraries as well, because gnupg-agent (correctly!) depends on pinentry
> and pinentry-x2go (incorrectly!) does not provide that virtual package.
>
> I believe that declaring virtual package is wrong only if common
> pinentry ABI is not supported.  Seems you confuse that with whether
> other interfaces (specifically the UI interface) is usable only within
> its own scope.
>
>  - Jonas

If you want to use pinentry with gnupg-agent, then please get one of  
the pinentry-<xyz> packages that already provide pinentry.

If you want to login to an X2Go Server with X2Go Client and use GnuPG  
smart card authentication, then please
install pinentry-x2go, X2Go Client will know how to handle that  
pinentry(-x2go) dialog. The package pinentry-x2go only has this single  
use case.

The package pinentry-x2go is not intended to work with gnupg-agent or  
similar tools used with the common pinentry-<xxx> packages.

Or am I not getting your point (or you not mine).

Greets,
Mike



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