gnupg: request for small change in output

[David Shaw]

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On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 05:57:10AM -0600, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> In signature validation, gnupg tools produce output like this:
> 
> 	% gpg gmp-4.1.2.tar.bz2.asc
> 	...
> 	gpg: Signature made Mon Dec 30 23:16:35 2002 MST using DSA key ID 769AFE02
> 
> 	% pgpgpg gmp-4.1.2.tar.bz2.asc
> 	...
> 	gpg: Signature made Mon Dec 30 23:16:35 2002 MST using DSA key ID 769AFE02
> 
> Please change this, and any other instances in tool output, to prefix
> the hexadecimal key with 0x:
> 
> 	gpg: Signature made Mon Dec 30 23:16:35 2002 MST using DSA key ID 0x769AFE02
> 
> The reason for this is simple: key lookup in PGP key servers does not
> work without the 0x prefix, and users should not be expected to
> remember to add that prefix.

Which key servers?  The HKP ones require 0x, the LDAP and mailto: ones
require no 0x.  ;)

David
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