error return code when no agent available

[Andreas Stieger]

Hello,

In GnuPG 2.2.x we see the following when compared to 2.0.x:

* no gpg-agent binary available
* no gnupg home directory created and no keyrings
* gpg --import a random public key
* The public key import succeeds in both cases, but 2.2.x returns with
an exit code of 2.

CLI is:

/usr/bin/gpg2 --import --homedir /var/tmp/RAMDOM --no-default-keyring
--quiet \
--no-tty --no-greeting --no-permission-warning --status-fd 1 /var/tmp/KEY

The return code of 2 seems to depends specifically on the availability
of an agent binary. This is a minimal installer system where no agent is
available or required due to the lack of private key operations.
Previously this was not an issue. Do you know what and why this changed?
If this is intentional, is there a work-around in terms of settings or
the CLI?

Our bug: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1067992

Thanks,
Andreas


-- 
Andreas Stieger <astieger at suse.com>
Project Manager Security
SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton,
HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)


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