GPG is waiting for a lock held by a process that does not exist

[Evan Aad]

So how do I install a non-Cygwin, native-Windows, fully-supported
version of Gnu-GPG?

On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri,  3 Oct 2025 12:55, Evan Aad said:
> > How can I tell if I am running a GnuPG version build using Cygwin?
>
> From the diagnositic message you posted, it is clear that you are using
> a Unix approach which is very likley based on Cygwin (a Posix emulation
> on top of Windows).  Over the years we have mentioned it often enough
> that a Cygwin based approach for GnuPG is not supported.
>
>
> Salam-Shalom,
>
>    Werner
>
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