why is SHA1 used? How do I get SHA256 to be used?

[Robert J. Hansen]

On 7/10/2012 1:59 AM, Laurent Jumet wrote:
>     The question was: why does GPG uses another preference that the primary
> one?

The short answer is, "because it has to, and because you've configured
it that way."

>     I've the same problem, this ClearSign message is in RIPEMD160 despite it's
> not the first choice, and obviously there is no receipient here.

What are the contents of your personal-digest-preferences?

Also note that you're using a 1k DSA key for signing, so is it really so
surprising you're using a 160-bit hash algorithm?