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| author | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2011-03-08 12:23:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org> | 2011-03-08 12:23:59 +0100 |
| commit | 327af90594204db9683fcee5c8c6b8098c8da37a (patch) | |
| tree | 1ef036bbadb924c19d24c3b75a299c3efa012f95 /README | |
| parent | Added option --inquire to PRESET_PASSPHRASE. Note that the inquired passphras... (diff) | |
| download | gnupg2-327af90594204db9683fcee5c8c6b8098c8da37a.tar.xz gnupg2-327af90594204db9683fcee5c8c6b8098c8da37a.zip | |
Require libgcrypt 1.5
Without Libgcrypt 1.5 is was not possible to use ECC keys. ECC is
major new feature and thus it does not make sense to allow building
with an older Libgcrypt without supporting ECC.
Also fixed a few missing prototypes.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ OpenPGP-only version. BUILD INSTRUCTIONS ================== -GnuPG 2.0 depends on the following packages: +GnuPG 2.1 depends on the following packages: libgpg-error (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/) libgcrypt (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/) @@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ You may run to view the default directories used by GnuPG. -MIGRATION FROM 1.4 or 2.0 -========================= +MIGRATION FROM 1.4 or 2.0 to 2.1 +================================ The major change in 2.1 is that gpg-agent now takes care of the OpenPGP secret keys (those managed by GPG). The former secring.gpg @@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ will start the gpg-agent as needed. In general there is no more need to set the GPG_AGENT_INFO environment variable. The SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable should be set to a fixed value. -GPG's smartcard commands --card-edit and --card-status as well as the -card related sub-commands of --edit-key are not yet supported. -However, signing and decryption with a smartcard does work. +GPG's smartcard commands --card-edit and --card-status as well as some +of the card related sub-commands of --edit-key are not yet fully +supported. However, signing and decryption with a smartcard does +work. The Dirmngr is now part of GnuPG proper. Thus there is no more need to install the separate dirmngr package. The directroy layout of |