gunpg-agent doesnt work anymore in Intrepid

seems to only be password related. tested with packaging, firegpg, changing key info using gpg --edit-key, and i also tested by generating new key, and changing password for new key and the output is below

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "John Vivirito <email address hidden>"
1024-bit DSA key, ID 764D5E13, created 2008-09-01

gpg-agent[9325]: can't connect server: `ERR 67109133 can't exec `/usr/bin/pinentry': No such file or directory'
gpg-agent[9325]: can't connect to the PIN entry module: IPC connect call failed
gpg-agent[9325]: command get_passphrase failed: No pinentry
gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use
Enter the new passphrase for this secret key.

When ever i use gnupg-agent its seems it errors only on password being entered, it always says ".... failed password incorrect" I see this being a bug that is at least important since it has to do with encryption, decryption which in turn may affect the security of emails sent out or received. marking as important

set to high

Which pinentry variant have you installed?

Please also check if you have /usr/bin/pinentry and where it points to (if it exists).

BTW: I'm using gpg2 with gnupg-agent without problems in intrepid. So it looks like something got broken for you.

/usr/bin/pinentry
/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2
/usr/bin/pinentry-qt4
/usr/bin/pinentry-x11

is all i have with locate. this has been a problem for a while i filed a bug against bzr-builddeb because that is wyhen i first saw it.
bug #254400
that is also seen without bzr-builden, using dpkg-buildpackage it fails to prompt me for password.
im gonna mark bzr bug dupe of this one. there is an update i just saw for gnupg-agent ill report back tomorrow on if it works.

nevermind its installing it due to kmail depends its not a newer version same broken one.

no symlinks for pinentry-qt4 nor -gtk-2

pinentry links to /etc/alternatives/pinentry
pinentry-x11 links to /etc/alternatives/pinentry-x11

Can you please also check where /etc/alternatives/pinentry points to?

As gnupg-agent complained that it couldn't execute /usr/bin/pinentry.

after changing symlinks to use -gtk-2 eveerything works except the build commands:
dpkg-buildpackage -S -sa -kA5C42601
bzr bd --merge --dont-purge --builder='dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -S -sa -kA5C42601 -i.bzr' .

removing -fakeroot still fails to sign

version of dpkg-dev:
gnomefreak@Development:~$ policy dpkg-dev
dpkg-dev:
  Installed: 1.14.20ubuntu6
  Candidate: 1.14.20ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 1.14.20ubuntu6 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

changed package to dpkg-dev as it related to dpkg-buildpackage

There is no need to nominate for Intrepid as it is already in Intrepid that the problem is seen. I reinstalled Intrepid and i have only had a few inssues and one of them was a few minutes ago. setting to not sign email caused it to be sent.

Bug #281487 contains a workaround

This bug was reported in the Intrepid development cycle; removing regression-potential and marking as regression-release.

This has been fixed as far as i can tell. I'm going to close this bug since it has been fixed.