Using other compression algos with GnuPG

[David Shaw]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 10:05:26PM +0530, Nicky wrote:
> The current version of GnuPG I have supports only three compression
> algorithms viz: ZIP, ZLIB and BZIP2
> Is there a way to direct GnuPG to use some other algorithm besides
> these? for example RAR (http://rarlabs.com/)...

No.  GPG supports all of the compression algorithms that are defined
by the OpenPGP standard.  RAR isn't one of them.

It's always possible for someone to add a nonstandard algorithm, but
if you really want a particular algorithm, it's healthier to get the
OpenPGP working group to add it officially.

David