On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:41:59 +0000 Doofus <doofus@bulldoghome.com> wrote: > Willie Wonka wrote: > > > > >On the web I found this; > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Bug#302692: gnupg-agent: Don't use (undocumented) max-cache-ttl switch > > > >Package: gnupg-agent > >Version: 1.9.15-5 > >Severity: normal > > > > > >Hi! > > > >If one wants to set default-cache-ttl to a large value, e.g. one day > >the line "default-cache-ttl 86400" in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf alone > >doesn't do the trick, but one also must add "max-cache-ttl 86400". This > >later parameter is undocumented and confusing and should be removed, > >i.e. one should be able to set large values directly by just > >default-cache-ttl. > > > >Thanks! > > Georg > > > >-- System Information: > >Debian Release: 3.1 > > APT prefers testing > > APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable') > >Architecture: i386 (i686) > >Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-gw2 > >Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > > > >Versions of packages gnupg-agent depends on: > >ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared > >libraries an > >ii libgcrypt11 1.2.0-4 LGPL Crypto library - > >runtime libr > >ii libgpg-error0 1.0-1 library for common error > >values an > >ii libpth2 2.0.1-2 The GNU Portable Threads > >ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - > >runtime > > > >-- no debconf information > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Don't know what to make of all this - but perhaps *gnupg2* is where the > >new(er) stuff is? > > > > It''s utterly confusing, especially Georg's paragraph which seems to > tell us to use max-cache-ttl and not to use it at the same time. > whithout giving reasons for either. you have to use them both. The above is asking the developers to remove the "max-cache-ttl" option. A > > So what are we to make of it? And who can we ask? It's not as if it's a > trivial issue. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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