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Re: [james@nocrew.org: Problems with GnuPG and being unable to verify signatures or import some keys]



On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 12:27:52PM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote:
> This is merely a forward to get this into the web archive (I hope).

> 
> The non-confusing version: all AMs should upgrade to GnuPG 1.0.2 (it's
> in woody but it doesn't have any nasty dependencies and is perfectly
> safe to install onto a potato system); if you have problems verifying
> signatures from an applicant, try adding "--emulate-md-encode-bug" to
> the command line.  If this fixes it, your applicant has a buggy ElG
> key.  Get him to install GnuPG 1.0.2 and generate another one.  (If he
> needs the old one for verification purposes, simply include both of
> them in the report to da-manager@)
> 
> HTH and/or made some sense.
> 
> -- 
> James
> 

I think this should go into the AM-howto. I still have 1.0.1. I'm
upgrading, but wish I'd known earlier.

Gopal.

-- 
Gopal Narayanan <gopal@debian.org> <gopal@astro.umass.edu>
Debian GNU/Linux Developer
Dept. of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst



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