Re: [Duplicity-talk] why is GPG passphrase requested twice?

[Dan Muresan]

> Why do you need to confirm the passphrase if you're doing a full
> backup?  Why do you *ever* need to confirm it?  Why not just let GPG
> complain if it's wrong?

The passphrase is only confirmed when a new archive is created. How
exactly do you want to detect errors if the user enters a **new**
passphrase just once?

This is common practice -- passwd does the same thing. But you can
create your own patch if you want a different behavior.