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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
+ subject="comment 2"
+ date="2019-03-18T18:08:06Z"
+ content="""
+Tests that rely on gpg fail.  I think the latest gpg versions always run gpg-agent.  So if you package gpg but not gpg-agent it will try to run the host's gpg-agent which may be incompatible with the gpg included in the standalone package.
+"""]]