GnuPG version 1.0.7

Janusz A. Urbanowicz alex@FUCKUP.fantastyka.net
Thu Jul 25 11:18:32 2002


> 
> Alright, I just upgraded to GnuPG 1.0.7.
> 
> Perhaps someone can help me with a few questions:
> 
> 1)  Does 1.0.7 fix any bugs in 1.0.6 or does it just add RSA?  (I just
> want to judge the importance of the upgrade).

Lotsa (for example in trust calculation).
  
> 2)  I'm trying to encrypt a file for myself, using my old key, and
> something odd is happening.  The program says:
 []
> This is my own key, and I never got this message before.  What does this
> mean?

In 1.0.7 you need to set trust for your own keys too.

> 3)  Trying to decrypt this encrypted file cases an error:
> 
> Failed to run gconf-sanity-check-2: Failed to execute child process
> "gconf-sanity-check-2" (No such file or directory)
> 
> as well as the warning that there's no guarantee that I am me.
> 
> Should I be worried about the sanity check error?

This doesn't look like a GPG error, more like some GNOME frontend. 

> 4)  Do I have to generate a new key pair?  Would it be advantageous in any
> way?

No. No.

Alex