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doc: Note pinentry-mode for passphrase opts 

* doc/gpg.texi (--passphrase, --passphrase-file, --passphrase-fd):
Note that pinentry-mode needs to be loopback.

Signed-off-by: Andre Heinecke <aheinecke@intevation.de>
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@ -3082,8 +3082,9 @@ will be read from file descriptor @var{n}. If you use 0 for @var{n},
the passphrase will be read from STDIN. This can only be used if only
one passphrase is supplied.
Note that this passphrase is only used if the option @option{--batch}
has also been given. This is different from GnuPG version 1.x.
Note that since Version 2.0 this passphrase is only used if the
option @option{--batch} has also been given. Since Version 2.1
the @option{--pinentry-mode} also needs to be set to @code{loopback}.
@item --passphrase-file @var{file}
@opindex passphrase-file
@ -3092,8 +3093,10 @@ be read from file @var{file}. This can only be used if only one
passphrase is supplied. Obviously, a passphrase stored in a file is
of questionable security if other users can read this file. Don't use
this option if you can avoid it.
Note that this passphrase is only used if the option @option{--batch}
has also been given. This is different from GnuPG version 1.x.
Note that since Version 2.0 this passphrase is only used if the
option @option{--batch} has also been given. Since Version 2.1
the @option{--pinentry-mode} also needs to be set to @code{loopback}.
@item --passphrase @var{string}
@opindex passphrase
@ -3101,8 +3104,10 @@ Use @var{string} as the passphrase. This can only be used if only one
passphrase is supplied. Obviously, this is of very questionable
security on a multi-user system. Don't use this option if you can
avoid it.
Note that this passphrase is only used if the option @option{--batch}
has also been given. This is different from GnuPG version 1.x.
Note that since Version 2.0 this passphrase is only used if the
option @option{--batch} has also been given. Since Version 2.1
the @option{--pinentry-mode} also needs to be set to @code{loopback}.
@item --pinentry-mode @var{mode}
@opindex pinentry-mode