Common directory for different installs of GnuPG

MFPA 2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-groups at riseup.net
Sat Dec 17 16:30:37 CET 2016


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On Saturday 17 December 2016 at 1:16:13 AM, in
<mid:2ca1ee78-649d-d358-ebfa-fd2fd165d94e at sixdemonbag.org>, Robert J.
Hansen wrote:-


>> I'd like to know if setting both versions to point
>> at the same
>> directory to obtain the pubring.gpg, secring.gpg
>> and trustdb.gpg
>> files can cause critical issues.

> Unlikely.  It's technically possible to have
> configuration files that
> don't work with 1.4 and 2.0/2.1, but it involves
> options you likely
> shouldn't have set in the first place.


You can use different configuration files. A couple of years ago, dkg
shared [0]:-

> gpg 2.1.0 will look for the following files in $GNUPGHOME and choose the
> first one it finds:
>
>  gpg.conf-2.1.0
>  gpg.conf-2.1
>  gpg.conf-2
>  gpg.conf
>
> gpg 1.4.18 will do the same sort of search:
>
>  gpg.conf-1.4.18
>  gpg.conf-1.4
>  gpg.conf-1
>  gpg.conf

[0] <https://www.mail-archive.com/gnupg-users@gnupg.org/msg26542.html>


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