Selecting cipher to generate a key pair

[Faramir]

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Robert J. Hansen escribió:
> Smith, Cathy wrote:
>> The customer said they have a proprietary implementation that only
>> supports Blowfish or 3DES for the key.  I'm still trying to find out
>> exactly what that means.
> 
> Okay, that much makes sense now.
> 
> I would suggest adding:
> 
> cipher-algo 3DES

  But... isn't GPG expected to recognise the preferences (or
capabilities) in the customer's key and use the right algo automatically?

  Best Regards
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