Using --gen-key --batch doesn't seem to work anymore

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Mon Jan 19 13:54:01 CET 2015


Hi,

[I assume this is about 2.1]

On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:29, post at filias.name said:

> Passphrase: secret

That is not supported in 2.1.1 but will be support again in 2.1.2.

> # gpg -vv --gen-key --batch < gpg_config
> gpg: agent_genkey failed: Operation cancelled

Do you have a pinentry installed?  Try adding --pinentry-mode=loopback
to gpg.conf or put it on the command line.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner


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