bug#12696: 24.2.50; epa bug with gpg-agent

[Richard Stallman]

    Then, it might be a gpg-agent issue.  Currently gpg-agent seems to think
    separate passphrase is needed for each subkey.

    You can try:

I don't understand the significance of the lines that follow:

    $ eval `gpg-agent --daemon`

    $ gpg --use-agent -u <your main key-id> --output /dev/null --sign < 
/dev/null
    # gpg-agent asks passphrase

    $ gpg --use-agent -u <your main key-id> --output /dev/null --sign < 
/dev/null
    # gpg-agent DOES NOT ask passphrase

    $ gpg --use-agent -r <your main key-id> --output foo.gpg --encrypt < 
/dev/null
    # gpg-agent DOES NOT ask passphrase

    $ gpg --use-agent < foo.gpg
    # gpg-agent asks passphrase

    $ gpg --use-agent < foo.gpg
    # gpg-agent DOES NOT ask passphrase

Are you asking me to try these commands in order to get information
to diagnose the problem?

Are you presenting them as proof of a bug in GPG and gpg-agent?

Something else?

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