[Nix-dev] GPG on NixOS

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

You have to set gpg config to find the pinentry program. It finds it by absolute
path iirc, /usr/bin/pinentry.

A gpg config line can set up its absolute path (~/.gnupg/gpg.conf or so).

Bye,
Lluís.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 02:36:19AM +0200, Mateusz Kowalczyk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been tryin to sign a git tag with my private key but I am failing:
> 
> [shana at lenalee:~/programming/haddock]$ git tag -a -s
> haddock-2.14.3-release -m "Haddock version 2.14.3 release"
> 
> You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
> user: "Mateusz Kowalczyk (Main key) <fuuzetsu at fuuzetsu.co.uk>"
> 4096-bit RSA key, ID 2ADA9A97, created 2013-01-31
> 
> gpg-agent[15413]: can't connect to the PIN entry module: IPC connect
> call failed
> gpg-agent[15413]: command get_passphrase failed: No pinentry
> gpg: problem with the agent: No pinentry
> gpg: skipped "2ADA9A97": Operation cancelled
> gpg: signing failed: Operation cancelled
> error: gpg failed to sign the data
> error: unable to sign the tag
> 
> I have used nix-env -i to install ‘pinentry’ but that changed nothing.
> Looking online, I see a person on IRC with the same problem but when
> trying to create a key which makes me think the whole thing is broken.
> 
> Is anyone successfully using GPG on NixOS?
> 
> A relevant question is why we have gnupg and gnupg1compat: how do they
> differ and why do we need both? I notice that only gnupg1compat provides
> a ‘gpg’ binary needed by git.
> 
> -- 
> Mateusz K.
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