Use pinentry-mac directly if TouchID unavailable
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By using execve(2), we can replace the running `pinentry-touchid` process with `pinentry-mac`. This allows it to directly communicate with the GPG agent, receiving all the pinentry settings and messages.
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By using execve(2), we can replace the running
pinentry-touchidprocess withpinentry-mac. This allows it to directly communicate with the GPG agent, receiving all the pinentry settings and messages.I made this change to improve the UX when my laptop lid is closed. Before it, the pinentry dialog would have no text or error messages.