Cannot remove passphrase (gnupg 2.0.26/solaris 10)

[Errol Casey]

I've tried recompiling things, and was able to initially set a key with a
empty passphrase (pressing return twice).

But if I use --edit-key to change passwd, and then try to set it back to
blank...I get the warning, and infinite loop asking for
"y/N" but never accepts either answer...

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Errol Casey <errol at askerrol.org> wrote:

> When I use gpg2 --edit-key <emailaddress>, and then use passwd to
> change/remove
> passphrase by entering a blank passphrase. I get hung in an input loop
>
>            lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
>             x Please re-enter this passphrase                     x
>             x                                                     x
>             x Passphrase ________________________________________ x
>             x                                                     x
>             x       <OK>                             <Cancel>     x
>             mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj
>
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> You don't want a passphrase - this is probably a *bad* idea!
>
>                                                             Do you really
> want to do this? (y/N)
>
> I truss the process (this is on Solaris 10), and I see it receiving the
> "y\r" but it doesn't continue.
>
> I can type N enter, and see 'N\r" also.
>
> So not sure if it is a local issue with tty, compile issue with pinentry,
> or gnupg?
>
> But it accepts my original passphrase, and hitting enter twice and
> selecting yes I want to do it, gets me to this last prompt and it will go
> no further.
>
> Hmmm:
>
> Thinking the compile/linking of pinentry is the cause. I've seen this
> before, but just ran
>
> pinentry --version
> ld.so.1: pinentry-curses: fatal: libiconv.so.2: open failed: No such file
> or directory
> Killed
>
>
> seems I have to modify LD_LIBRARY_PATH to get pinentry to work; but this
> change was made en enviornment when I tried changing passphrase above. Not
> sure where the input problem is being generated.
>
> $ pinentry --version
> pinentry-curses (pinentry) 0.9.0
> $ gpg2 --version
> gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.26
> libgcrypt 1.6.2
> Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <
> http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>
> Home: ~/.gnupg
> Supported algorithms:
> Pubkey: RSA, RSA, RSA, ELG, DSA
> Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
>         CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
> Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
> Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2
> --
> Errol Casey
> errol at askerrol.org
>



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Errol Casey
errol at askerrol.org
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