F22: Evolution and gpg2 changes - repeatedly being asked for gpg passphrase while sending e-mail

[Ankur Sinha]

Hi,

I've just used fedup to upgrade to f22. fedup worked really well 
(hooray!). Now that I'm down to using the system normally, I've 
noticed that I get asked for my gpg passphrase each time I send a gpg 
signed e-mail. This was not so in F21. Would someone know what has 
changed? This should be documented somewhere IMO - users that will 
notice this change should easily be able to find what's changed and if 
anything is being done about it.

Stephen pointed me to a bug he's already filed, but it doesn't have 
enough info on it yet:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745050

[Michael Catanzaro]

Hi,

I've continued this discussion on Bugzilla: 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745050

[Ankur Sinha]

On Fri, 2015-04-17 at 09:06 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've continued this discussion on Bugzilla: 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745050

Thanks Michael,

I'll wait for the 3.16.2 update and report how that works out.

[Michael Catanzaro]

On Tue, 2015-04-21 at 15:57 +0100, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> Thanks Michael,
>
> I'll wait for the 3.16.2 update and report how that works out.

You can test if it will work or not now by temporarily moving
/usr/bin/gpg2 to a safe place before trying to send your mail, which
should cause Evolution to fall back to using original gpg.

I think you'll also need to uncomment the UseAgent line in gpg.conf,
unfortunately. :(

Hope it helps,

Michael