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:CUSTOM_ID: i-get-sed-errors-when-running-configure-on-mac-os-x
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:END:
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This will be fixed after GnuPG has been upgraded to autoconf-2.50.
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Until then, find the line setting CDPATH in the configure script
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and place an:
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: unset CDPATH
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statement below it.
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This problem has been fixed for all modern GnuPG versions.
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(By using an autoconf 2.50 generated configure script).
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** Why does GnuPG 1.0.6 bail out on keyrings used with 1.0.7?
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:PROPERTIES:
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of the listing before before starting the import.
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* Bug reporting and hacking
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:PROPERTIES:
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:CUSTOM_ID: bugreports-et-al
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:END:
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** Copyright asssignments
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:PROPERTIES:
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:CUSTOM_ID: copyright-assigments
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:END:
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** U.S. export restrictions
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:PROPERTIES:
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:CUSTOM_ID: us-export-restrictions
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:END:
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GnuPG has originally been developed in Germany because we have been
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able to do that without being affected by the US export restrictions.
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We had to reject any contributions from US citizens or from people
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living the the US. That changed by end of 2000 when the export
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restrictions were basically dropped for all kind of freely available
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software. However there are still some requirements in the US.
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Quoting David Shaw: mail
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#+begin_quote
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For each release of GPG that I contributed to, I sent an email
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containing a pointer to the new source code to the Commerce
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Department. The rules changed slightly in 2004, so that you could
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send a single email and then be done until the information in that
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email changed, so I just sent "www.gnupg.org" and haven't bothered
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with the email since.
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#+end_quote
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The rules: http://www.bis.doc.gov/encryption/pubavailencsourcecodenofify.html
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The 2004 rule change: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-26992.htm
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* Acknowledgements
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:PROPERTIES:
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:CUSTOM_ID: acknowledgements
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