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nonzero exit status after smartcard insert prompt
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Citing Debian bug #513464:

when signing something with my smartcard, gpg prompts me to insert the card
if it isn't there already; after that happens, gpg's exit status is nonzero
even if the signature worked (as indicated by the signature counter on the
card), causing the caller to discard the signature and fail.

This sounds like a true bug. Can you reproduce it?

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External Link
http://bugs.debian.org/513464
Version
1.4.9

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• dleidert set External Link to http://bugs.debian.org/513464.May 8 2009, 10:10 AM
• dleidert set Version to 1.4.9.
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• werner added a project: Restricted Project.May 11 2009, 11:00 AM
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Don't put too much weight into gpg's exit codes ;-)

No bug if use with gpg-agent/scdaemon.

Using gpg 1.4.9 standalone I get this error message:

gpg: apdu_send_simple(0) failed: no card

Easy fix by changing an log_error to log_info. See SVN rev 5006

• werner closed this task as Resolved.Jun 17 2009, 4:20 PM
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