Re: gnome-keyring gpg

[Stef Walter <stefw gnome org>]

On 06.05.2015 21:40, Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm implementing the password caching feature in gpg's pinentry so
> that we can remove the gpg-agent proxy from gnome keyring.
>
> I've spent some time looking at Gnome Keyring and I'm a bit confused
> about why Gnome Keyring is using gck to cache the password and not
> libsecret.  Any insight here would be appreciated.
>
> Also, if we want to continue to use the cached passwords, we need a
> migration strategy.  When GPG Agent invokes the pinentry, it now
> provides a unique, stable ID.  However, this ID is not the key id.
> Thoughts?

For anyone following along...

After talking about this on IRC, Neal and I agreed that there doesn't
seem to be a way to continue to use old cached passwords, at least not
easily.

The keyid provided to the old gpg-agent != the keygrip provided to the
pinentry.

Cheers,

Stef