gpg ignores --passphrase-fd if use-agent is set

[Werner Koch]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 23:47:13 +0200, Ingo Klöcker said:

> However, I'd like to know why gpg ignores --passphrase-fd if use-agent 
> is set and gpg-agent isn't available. Would not ignoring 
> --passphrase-fd be dangerous or was this just on oversight of the 
> developers.

You mean 

  echo passphrase | cat - message | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 ..

would reveal the the passphrase?  That is correct.  I'll fix this
immediately and do a dummy read.

Thanks,

  Werner

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