gpg: can't put a policy URL into v3 (PGP 2.x style) signature

Ivan Boldyrev boldyrev+nospam at cgitftp.uiggm.nsc.ru
Sat Apr 10 15:05:20 CEST 2004


On 8710 day of my life David Shaw wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 02:59:16AM -0400, Atom 'Smasher' wrote:
>> > PGP compatibility.  No version of PGP before 8 can reliably handle v4
>> > signatures.
>> =======================
>> 
>> then this looks like a typo in the man page...
>> 
>> 	--force-v3-sigs
>> 	--no-force-v3-sigs
>> 		OpenPGP states that an implementation should generate v4 sig-
>> 		natures but PGP versions 5 through 7 only recognize v4 signa-
                                                                    ^^
>> 		tures on key material.  This option forces v3 signatures  for
>> 		signatures  on  data.  Note that this option overrides --ask-
>> 		sig-expire, as v3 signatures cannot  have  expiration  dates.
>> 		--no-force-v3-sigs disables this option.
>
> Where is the typo?

-- 
Ivan Boldyrev

                                                  Is 'morning' a gerund?
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