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gpgconf --check-programs and uninitialized gpgsm configuration
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$ gpgconf --check-programs
gpg:GPG for
OpenPGP:/home/marcus/g10/work/speedo/playground/install/pkgs/gnupg/bin/gpg2:1:1:
gpg-agent:GPG
Agent:/home/marcus/g10/work/speedo/playground/install/pkgs/gnupg/bin/gpg-agent:1:1:
scdaemon:Smartcard
Daemon:/home/marcus/g10/work/speedo/playground/install/pkgs/gnupg/bin/scdaemon:1:1:
gpgsm:GPG for
S/MIME:/home/marcus/g10/work/speedo/playground/install/pkgs/gnupg/bin/gpgsm:1:1:::keybox
`/home/marcus/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created:
:::::::importing common certificates
`/home/marcus/g10/work/speedo/playground/install/pkgs/gnupg/share/gnupg/com-certs.pem':
:::::::total number processed%3a 15:
:::::::imported%3a 15:
dirmngr:Directory
Manager:/home/marcus/g10/work/speedo/playground/install/pkgs/gnupg/bin/dirmngr:1:1:
pinentry:PIN and Passphrase
Entry:/home/marcus/g10/work/speedo/playground/install/bin/pinentry:1:1:

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marcus added a subscriber: marcus.

Clearly gpgsm outputs to stdout and gpgconf is confused by that.

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justus added a subscriber: justus.

As far as I can tell this is a feature and not a bug. gpgconf reads stderr and
writes that to the eighth column.