[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 12044] New:=?UTF-8?Q?=20gpg=2Dagent=20=E2=80=9Cping=E2=80=9C=20code=20doesn?='t work with gpg 2.1

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12044

            Bug ID: 12044
           Summary: gpg-agent “ping“ code doesn't work with gpg 2.1
    Classification: Xfce
           Product: Xfce4-session
           Version: 4.12.0
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: General
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: corsac at debian.org
        QA Contact: bjt23 at cornell.edu
                CC: benny at xfce.org, nick at xfce.org

Hi,

with gnupg 2.1, the GPG_AGENT_INFO variable is not needed anymore, the code
will use the standard path $GNUPGHOME/S.gpg-agent:0:1.

In Debian, we still set the GNUPG_AGENT_INFO variable because some people might
still use gnupg 1 which I guess need the variable. But the variable doesn't
contain a PID anymore, so the code to ping the agent won't work. In that case,
even if gpg-agent is running, xfce4-session will try to run another one, which
won't work since there's already one running, and mess with the GPG_AGENT_INFO
variable so it won't work anymore for gpg 1.4.

The code needs to be updated to use a different way to ping the agent.

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