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Diffstat (limited to 'agent/call-pinentry.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | agent/call-pinentry.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/agent/call-pinentry.c b/agent/call-pinentry.c index 585ddefac..ee617db53 100644 --- a/agent/call-pinentry.c +++ b/agent/call-pinentry.c @@ -211,8 +211,15 @@ atfork_core (ctrl_t ctrl, int debug_mode) /* For all new envvars (!ASSNAME) and the two medium old ones * which do have an assuan name but are conveyed using * environment variables, update the environment of the forked - * process. */ + * process. We also pass DISPLAY despite that --display is also + * used when exec-ing the pinentry. The reason is that for + * example the qt5ct tool does not have any arguments and thus + * relies on the DISPLAY envvar. The use case here is a global + * envvar like "QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct" which for example is + * useful when using the Qt pinentry under GNOME or XFCE. + */ if (!assname + || (!opt.keep_display && !strcmp (name, "DISPLAY")) || !strcmp (name, "XAUTHORITY") || !strcmp (name, "PINENTRY_USER_DATA")) { |