Public Key Algorithms - GnuPG 2.x lists fewer than GnuPG 1.x

[Kristian Fiskerstrand]

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On 08/28/2014 11:57 AM, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:27, 2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-groups at riseup.net
> said:
>> 1.4.16: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA
>> 
>> 2.0.26: RSA, ELG, DSA
>> 
>> Is this actually a change in what is supported, or just how GnuPG
>>  reports it?
> 
> No.  RSA-E and RSA-S are the same as RSA.  They merely use
> different algorithm numbers.
> 

Speaking of which, with libgcrypt 1.7.0 this has the fun variant of
(note the 3x RSA, without distinguishing -S and -E)

$ gpg2 --version
gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.26
libgcrypt 1.7.0-beta108
Pubkey: RSA, RSA, RSA, ELG, DSA

$ gpg2.1 --version
gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.0-beta794
libgcrypt 1.7.0-beta108
Pubkey: RSA, RSA, RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA

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