Configuring gpg-agent

[Benjamin Donnachie]

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Benjamin Donnachie wrote:
> The easiest solution will be to install either qt or GTK+ for X11, and
> then launch thunderbird from within xterm (the X11 terminal).

Got it working at last! :-)

The steps required are:

	1. Install qt for x11.  ie sudo port install qt
	2. Read a book / go for a walk while it compiles.
	3. Disable pinentry - sudo port deactivate pinentry.
	4. Download pinentry-0.7.2 source and extract.
	5. Then type export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib/ -liconv" and export
MOC=/opt/local/bin/moc
	6. Then ./configure --enable-pinentry-qt --prefix=/opt/local
- --with-qt-includes=/opt/local/include/qt3/
- --with-qt-libraries=/opt/local/lib/ --with-x --disable-rpath
- --disable-fallback-curses
	7. Then make and sudo make install
	8. Verify that ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf contains pinentry-program
/opt/local/bin/pinentry-qt
	9. Verify that ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf contains use-agent
	10. Start X11; Applications / Utilities / X.
	11. In an xterm window start gpg-agent with eval $(gpg-agent --daemon)
	12. Start thunderbird with
/Applications/Thunderbird/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird-bin
	13. In OpenPGP - Preferences ensure that you remove any
- --gpg-agent-info= option and that use agent is enabled under advance.
	14. Now try to send a signed message!
	15. After a short delay the pinentry-qt input box should appear!

It would be nice to have a native MacOS pinentry program and I shall add
it to my things to get round to eventually... :-)

Take care,

Ben

PS. If all goes well, this should be signed with gpg-agent's help...
>fingers crossed<
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