Re: gnupg problem
Joseph Pingenot <jap3003@ksu.edu> writes:
> So why not create in the virtual package an actual wrapper script (e.g.
> dpgpw for 'Debian PGP Wrapper') that detects the version of pgp or gpg
> or whatever is installed on the system (or chooses which one to
> use if multiple pgp implementations are installed), detects which
> version is installed, and presents to the end user a unified interface
> to the implementations (and maybe allows the user to, through clever use
> of options, use something that, say, pgp has but gnupg doesn't).
I don't think this is worth the trouble. After all, all alternatives
to GnuPG are non-free software, and it's not only the command line
interface which differs. The OpenPGP RFC specifies only the message
format, not the behavior of OpenPGP implementations.
> Who knows? Maybe a Debian Standard GPG Interface might become an industry
> standard? :)
Is it likely that NAI is going to release command line interface
implementations for PGP 7.x and beyond? I don't think so.
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