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Document scdaemon workaround in README
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We mentioned the libnitrokey/scdaemon incompatibility leading to a hang
in Nitrokey [0] in the README, but did not explain how to deal with this
issue.
With this patch, we mention that killing scdaemon after running nitrocli
mitigates the problem.

Fixes #164

[0] Nitrokey/libnitrokey#137
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robinkrahl authored and d-e-s-o committed Apr 24, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ Known Problems
accessed by `nitrokey-app` ([upstream issue][libnitrokey#32]). To
prevent this problem, quit `nitrokey-app` before using `nitrocli`.
- Applications using the Nitrokey device (such as `nitrocli` or
`nitrokey-app`) cannot easily share access with an instance of GnuPG
running shortly afterwards ([upstream issue][libnitrokey#137]).
`nitrokey-app`) cannot easily share access with an instance of
scdaemon/GnuPG running shortly afterwards ([upstream
issue][libnitrokey#137]). As a workaround, users can kill `scdaemon`
after calling `nitrocli` with `gpg-connect-agent 'SCD KILLSCD' /bye`.


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