gpg: can't put a policy URL into v3 (PGP 2.x style) signature
David Shaw
dshaw at jabberwocky.com
Sat Apr 10 13:00:17 CEST 2004
On Sat, Apr 10, 2004 at 02:59:16AM -0400, Atom 'Smasher' wrote:
> > PGP compatibility. No version of PGP before 8 can reliably handle v4
> > signatures.
> =======================
>
> then this looks like a typo in the man page...
>
> --force-v3-sigs
> --no-force-v3-sigs
> OpenPGP states that an implementation should generate v4 sig-
> natures but PGP versions 5 through 7 only recognize v4 signa-
> tures on key material. This option forces v3 signatures for
> signatures on data. Note that this option overrides --ask-
> sig-expire, as v3 signatures cannot have expiration dates.
> --no-force-v3-sigs disables this option.
Where is the typo?
> also, this seems like a deviation from the usual behavior, that if there's
> a "--force-xyz" and a "--no-force-xyz", the "--no-force-xyz" is usually
> the default, unless otherwise specified.
The default is just the one that is most appropriate. There is no
standard behavior to have the "no" value be the default. Note
"--escape-from", "--mangle-dos-filenames", and "--ask-cert-level" are
also default-to-yes.
David
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