Downgrade problem.

[David Shaw]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 06:52:20PM -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> I was running gnuPG 1.0.7 that I had compiled from scratch, and made
> my keys with it. I have since upgraded my OS from Red Hat Linux 6.2
> to R.H.L. 7.3 which has gnupg-1.0.6-5 on it. Nothing much works
> because it has trouble with the key rings.
> 
> I suspect an incompatibility with the way the key rings are
> constructed. I further suspect that were I to download the latest
> (1.0.7, I suppose) and built it, that my existing key rings would
> resume operating? Are my suspicions correct, or is it likely to be a 
> different problem?

You are correct.  1.0.7 has a slightly different keyring format
(actually a problem in 1.0.6).

David

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