pgp key 2.x and gnupg

[Janusz A. Urbanowicz]

> Hello,
> 
> I have a signed 2.x key.
> Now I want to switch to gnupg and want to sign my new created gnupg-key
> with my pgp 2.x key because of the certifications of the 2.x.
> 
> I tried to sign it with pgp2 :
> 
> # pgp -ks noel -u noel .gnupg/pubring.gpg
> Pretty Good Privacy(tm) 2.6.3ia - Public-key encryption for the masses.
> (c) 1990-96 Philip Zimmermann, Phil's Pretty Good Software. 1996-03-04
> International version - not for use in the USA. Does not use RSAREF.
> Current time: 2001/05/17 13:16 GMT
> 
> Unsupported packet format - you need a newer version of PGP for this file.
> 

Import the secret key into gpg and do the signing there.

> Then I tried pgp5:
> 
> # pgp5 -ks noel -u noel .gnupg/pubring.gpg
> Invoked with unknown symlink
> 
> ( Dont know what this means ).

read the pgp5 manual. It is not how you should run it.


Alex