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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2024-11-06 15:09:18 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2024-11-07 09:51:04 +0000
commitb389e04ef5260628bfd8002e20873114a3d4fa4b (patch)
tree2a957f2fd163cddb85f479d77cc47704984fe3f9
parentscd: Fix getinfo active_apps. (diff)
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gpgtar: Use log-file from common.conf only in --batch mode.
* tools/gpgtar.c (main): Do it. -- This makes the interactive use of gpgtar more convenient and is more aligned to what gpg and gpgsm do.
-rw-r--r--doc/tools.texi3
-rw-r--r--tools/gpgtar.c7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tools.texi b/doc/tools.texi
index 6e95a81a3..7186c362a 100644
--- a/doc/tools.texi
+++ b/doc/tools.texi
@@ -2060,7 +2060,8 @@ implemented.
@item --batch
@opindex batch
Use batch mode. Never ask but use the default action. This option is
-passed directly to @command{gpg}.
+passed directly to @command{gpg}. This option is also required to
+activate the @option{log-file} in @file{common.conf} for this program.
@item --yes
@opindex yes
diff --git a/tools/gpgtar.c b/tools/gpgtar.c
index 3e4d135f0..4a169ac17 100644
--- a/tools/gpgtar.c
+++ b/tools/gpgtar.c
@@ -496,8 +496,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
if (log_get_errorcount (0))
exit (2);
- /* Get a log file from common.conf. */
- if (!parse_comopt (GNUPG_MODULE_NAME_GPGTAR, any_debug) && comopt.logfile)
+ /* Get a log file from common.conf but use it only in --batch mode
+ * because people expect to see the verbose output here even if they
+ * have a log-file in their common.conf. */
+ if (!parse_comopt (GNUPG_MODULE_NAME_GPGTAR, any_debug) && comopt.logfile
+ && opt.batch)
log_set_file (comopt.logfile);
/* Print a warning if an argument looks like an option. */