problem with gnupg2 not prompting for passphrase

[Achim Gratz]

jeff writes:
> jeff_xeon:/cygdrive/u:503: gpg2 --output fred.good --decrypt fred.gpg
> gpg: encrypted with 4096-bit RSA key, ID A3791E7DD935A424, created
> 2013-03-21
>       "Jeff Deifik <jeff@jeffunit.com>"
> gpg: public key decryption failed: No such device or address
> gpg: decryption failed: No secret key
>
> I have uninstalled the standalone version of gnupg2 before I did this.
> It seems most likely that the version of gpg2 being invoked is a cygwin
> version.

It fails to find your private key, so it is quite obviously not in a
place where gpg2 expects to find it.


Regards,
Achim.
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