GPG weirdnesses

[David Shaw]

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On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 06:16:17PM +0200, Martin F Krafft wrote:
> also sprach David Shaw (on Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:27:41AM -0400):
> > Yep.  GnuPG doesn't know which UID you want to be the primary one, and
> > so picks the most recent UID.  In most cases, this is the right
> > decision (say, if the user changed their email address and so added a
> > new UID).
>=20
> that explains it.
>=20
> > The next version of GnuPG has the ability to set the "primary user id"
> > flag in whatever UID you want to be the primary one.
>=20
> sorry to be asking so ignorantly, but is its release scheduled
> sometime soon, or possibly even out already? and does this flag
> actually affect the key itself? it should, i guess...

The flag is part of the self-signature on the UID.  As to when the
release is scheduled, that's a Werner question.  I'm looking forward
to it too :)

David

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