Re: gnupg problem
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>>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph Pingenot <jap3003@ksu.edu> writes:
Joseph> So why not create in the virtual package an actual wrapper
(well, because then it wouldn't be a _virtual_ package, but ignoring
that...)
Joseph> script (e.g. dpgpw for 'Debian PGP Wrapper') that detects the
Joseph> version of pgp or gpg or whatever is installed on the system (or
Joseph> chooses which one to use if multiple pgp implementations are
Joseph> installed), detects which version is installed, and presents to
Joseph> the end user a unified interface to the implementations (and
Joseph> maybe allows the user to, through clever use of options, use
Joseph> something that, say, pgp has but gnupg doesn't).
See the package pgpgpg (which, by the way provides "pgp"). But it
doesn't work all the time, as some packages really do require pgp. For
example x-pgp-sig-el, at least the last time I tried it, wants to look
in my ~/.pgp directory. Adding a symlink from ~/.pgp to ~/.gnupg didn't
seem to help.
Changing all the packages to work properly wouldn't be a simple task.
(Not saying that it's a bad idea, though.)
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