multiple instances of gpg-agent

MFPA 2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-groups at riseup.net
Mon May 18 03:02:54 CEST 2015


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I have read several times that multiple instances of gpg-agent is not
good. But I regularly see six or seven listings of "gpg-agent.exe" in
Task Manager or Process Explorer. If I don't re-boot in the meantime
(or kill the gpg-agent.exe processes with Task Manager) they can hang
around for at least a day after last use. Is this likely to cause any
problems?

I am currently running GnuPG version 2.1.4 under Windows XP. GnuPG is
used by my email client, by a GUI key manager, occasional commandline
use, and by Mike Ingle's Confidant Mail.



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