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author | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2004-07-22 11:37:36 +0200 |
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committer | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2004-07-22 11:37:36 +0200 |
commit | d9147773b4e5eda669ebd79454052d0a191cde55 (patch) | |
tree | 85c3c18c263f05d88fff76bed3715a6cbb6bbc29 /README | |
parent | * Makefile.am (sm): Build kbx only if gpgsm is to be build. (diff) | |
download | gnupg2-d9147773b4e5eda669ebd79454052d0a191cde55.tar.xz gnupg2-d9147773b4e5eda669ebd79454052d0a191cde55.zip |
* trustlist.c (read_list): Allow colons in the fingerprint.
(headerblurb): Rephrased.
* gpg-agent.c (handle_connections): Increase the stack size ot 256k.
* de.po: Updated.
* scdaemon.c (main): Bumbed thread stack size up to 512k.
* keylist.c (list_cert_raw): Print the keygrip.
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ GnuPG 2.0 release. Note that GnuPG 1.3 and 1.9 are not always in sync and thus features and bug fixes done in 1.3 are not necessary available in 1.9. +You should use this GnuPG version if you want to use the gpg-agent or +gpgsm (the S/MIME variant of gpg). Note that the gpg-agent is also +helpful when using the standard gpg versions (1.2.x or 1.3.x). + BUILD INSTRUCTIONS ================== @@ -20,7 +24,10 @@ GnuPG 1.9 depends on the following packages: libassuan (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libassuan/) libksba (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libksba/) -You also need the pinentry package for most function of GnupG; however +If you use the configure option --enable-agent-only, libksba is not +required. + +You also need the pinentry package for most function of GnuPG; however it is not a build requirement. pinentry is available at ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/pinentry/ . @@ -28,7 +35,7 @@ You should get the latest versions of course, the GnuPG configure script complains if a version is not sufficient. After building and installing the above packages in the order as given -above, you may now continue with GnupG installation (you may also just +above, you may now continue with GnuPG installation (you may also just try to build GnuPG to see whether your already installed versions are sufficient). @@ -42,9 +49,9 @@ As with all packages, you just have to do If everything succeeds, you have a working GnuPG with support for S/MIME and smartcards. Note that there is no binary gpg but a gpg2 so -that this package won't confict with a GnuPG 1.2 or1.3 -installation. gpg2 behaves just like gpg and it is possible to symlink -oto gpg if you want to use gpg 1.9. +that this package won't confict with a GnuPG 1.2 or 1.3 +installation. gpg2 behaves just like gpg; it is however suggested to +keep using gpg 1.2.x or 1.3.x. In case of problem please ask on gpa-dev@gnupg.org for advise. Note that this release is only expected to build on GNU and *BSD systems. @@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ gpgsm: prepended before each block. -gpg2: +gpg2: (Note that these card commands are also available with gpg 1.3.x) ----- --card-status @@ -268,9 +275,10 @@ policies.txt trustlist.txt - A list of trusted certificates usually maintained by - gpg-agent. It can however be edited manually. The file will - be created automagically with some explaining comments. + A list of trusted certificates. The file will be created + automagically with some explaining comments. By using + gpg-agent's option --allow-mark-trusted, gpg-agent may add new + entries after user confirmation. random_seed @@ -436,7 +444,7 @@ modes for gpgsm, here is the entire list of ways to specify a key: *Heine -Please note that we have reused the hash mark indentifier which was +Please note that we have reused the hash mark identifier which was used in old GnuPG versions to indicate the so called local-id. It is not anymore used and there should be no conflict when used with X.509 stuff. @@ -456,7 +464,7 @@ file. gpgsm --import foo.p12 -This require that the gpg-agent is running. +This requires that the gpg-agent is running. HOW TO EXPORT A PRIVATE KEY @@ -482,8 +490,8 @@ however you must have build GnuPG with support for the OpenSC library. The build process automagically detects the presence of this library and will include support for these cards. -The other card we currently support is the Telesec NetKey card with -the NKS 2.0 card application. +The other cards we currently support are the Telesec NetKey card with +the NKS 2.0 card application and all generic DINSIG cards. Before GPGSM can make use of a new card it must gather some information, like the card's serial number, the public keys and the |