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* etc/PROBLEMS: Add entry about pinentry with gpgsm. (Bug#67012)

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@ -534,6 +534,16 @@ is to downgrade to a version of GnuPG older than 2.4.1 (or, in the
future, upgrade to a newer version which solves the problem, when such
a fixed version becomes available).
*** EasyPG loopback pinentry does not work with gpgsm.
This happens with the 'gpgsm' command from all versions of GnuPG.
EasyPG relies on the machine-parseable interface that is provided by
'gpg2' with option '--status-fd', but gpgsm does not support this.
As a workaround, input the passphrase with a GUI-capable pinentry
program like 'pinentry-gnome' or 'pinentry-qt5'. Alternatively, you
can use the 'pinentry' package from Emacs 25.
*** Emacs running on WSL receives stray characters as input.
For example, you could see Emacs inserting 'z' characters even though