On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:46:27AM +0900, Daiki Ueno wrote:
>> When I attempt to open a file foo.gpg, where foo.gpg is a symlink to
>> bar.gpg, I am prompted for a passphrase twice.  AFAICT it doesn't
>> matter what I type the first time.  I think the first prompt is
>> superfluous and should be avoided.
>>
>> This happens even with -q.
>
> I can't reproduce the problem with this recipe.  Perhaps you meant the
> following, didn't you?
>
> (0) you were using symmetric encryption

The file was encrypted by me against my public key, so that it cannot
be decrypted without my private key.

> (1) you opened foo.gpg, and easypg asked you the passphrase for
> bar.gpg
> (2) then you opened bar.gpg, and easypg asked you the passphrase for bar.gpg

As a user, I open the symlink foo.gpg -> bar/foo.gpg.  bar/ is a
version-controlled repository.  vc-follow-symlinks is set to t.

> If my guess is correct, the attached patch (already installed in the
> upstream CVS) will fix the problem.

Will try patch RSN.

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