In T6481#181779, @gniibe wrote:

Arch Linux: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/gnupg
FreeBSD: https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/security/gnupg

I don't see the patch is applied. Please wait for GnuPG release 2.4.4.

In T6481#181724, @gniibe wrote:

i still observe the same behavior:

What do you mean? I can't replicate the behavior described by you, using the GnuPG from the repo, or the one of Debian 2.4.3-2.

In T6481#171399, @gniibe wrote:

• It is also possible for GnuPG to keep the behavior of 2.4.0, so that it doesn't confuse EasyPG.
  • This is a possible solution #2: change in master: rG2f872fa68c65: gpg: Report BEGIN_* status before examining the input.
  • But... it is difficult for implementation of GnuPG to guarantee this kind of behavior.

For a while, distributions can apply rG2f872fa68c65 for 2.4 series.