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Avoiding keyboxd by default
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Given the subtle and surprising interactions between use-keyboxd and the various --*keyring options (see discussion in T7265), several downstream distributors of GnuPG are reluctant to enable use-keyboxd by default even for new installs.

For example, some documentation might describe commands that use a --*keyring option, and those commands would then behave differently for different users -- even those running the same version of gpg -- depending on when the user's ~/.gnupg homdir was set up.

This is currently the case for at least Ubuntu and Debian, for what it's worth. The patch for disabling this behavior is attached here.

no-keyboxd.patch1 KBDownload

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2.4.7

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dkg created this task.Tue, Apr 8, 8:00 PM
• werner closed this task as Wontfix.Tue, Apr 8, 8:34 PM
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We suggest the use of the keyboxd for a reason. The use of multiple keyrings has always been a problem and has been kept on demand from a couple of people. Eventually things change and for a new installation the use of the keyboxd is the suggested way to run GnuPG. Support for pubring.gpg and even pubring.kbx may eventually be removed - not now or in the next year but it may happen. You have been warned ;-)