--digest-algo (feature request)

[Atom 'Smasher']

(responding to self)

i just "discovered" --personal-digest-preferences, which seems to mostly
do what i need.


> if i set "digest-algo" to "SHA256" and try to sign something with a DSS
> key, it fails (after typing a password, which makes it even more
> annoying).
>
> should signing with a DSS key ignore --digest-algo (and always use SHA1)??
>
> is there (or should there be) a better way to match larger hashes with
> larger (non-DSS) signing keys?
>
> if i have a 4096 RSA primary key and a DSS subkey (oh, wait a minute, i
> *do* have that ;) should there be a way to specify (in the configuration
> file) that i want to use a larger hash if i'm signing with my 4096 RSA
> key, while not causing problems for my DSS key?
>
> what if i generate a 2048 RSA signing subkey... let's say i want to
> specify (in my config) that i want to use SHA-512 if i'm signing something
> with my 4096 key; and SHA-256 if i'm signing something with a 2048 key...
> and of course, DSS still needs SHA-1.

        ...atom

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