Recipient inconstistence

Werner Koch wk@gnupg.org
Tue Aug 14 08:58:01 2001


On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:35:19 +0200, Stefan Bellon said:


> GnuPG behaves different on errors when specifying multiple recipients:
> gpg -r one -r two -e foobar
> and
> gpg -r two -r one -e foobar
> behave different if "one" is found and "two" is an unknown recipient.
This is not correct. The original intention was to skip all invalid or unknown recipients. I am not sure whether this is really a good idea. Shouldn't we proceed only if all given recipients are usable? -- Werner Koch Omnis enim res, quae dando non deficit, dum habetur g10 Code GmbH et non datur, nondum habetur, quomodo habenda est. Privacy Solutions -- Augustinus