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NEWS
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Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.0 (unreleased)
-------------------------------------------------
Noteworthy changes in version 2.2.0 (2017-08-28)
------------------------------------------------
This is the new long term stable branch. This branch will only see
bug fixes and no new features.
* gpg: Reverted change in 2.1.23 so that --no-auto-key-retrieve is
again the default.
* Fixed a few minor bugs.
Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.23 (2017-08-09)
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* Fixed connection timeout problem under Windows.
See-also: gnupg-announce/2017q3/000412.html
Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.22 (2017-07-28)
-------------------------------------------------

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README
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The GNU Privacy Guard 2
=========================
Version 2.1
Version 2.2
Copyright 1997-2017 Werner Koch
Copyright 1998-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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GNU General Public License.
Note that the 2.0 series of GnuPG will reach end-of-life on
2017-12-31. It is not possible to install a 2.1.x version along
2017-12-31. It is not possible to install a 2.2.x version along
with any 2.0.x version. However, it is possible to install GnuPG
1.4 along with a 2.x version.
1.4 along with any 2.x version.
* BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
GnuPG 2.1 depends on the following GnuPG related packages:
GnuPG 2.2 depends on the following GnuPG related packages:
npth (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/npth/)
libgpg-error (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/)
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Add other options as needed.
* MIGRATION from 1.4 or 2.0 to 2.1
* MIGRATION from 1.4 or 2.0 to 2.2
The major change in 2.1 is gpg-agent taking care of the OpenPGP
The major change in 2.2 is gpg-agent taking care of the OpenPGP
secret keys (those managed by GPG). The former file "secring.gpg"
will not be used anymore. Newly generated keys are stored in the
agent's key store directory "~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/". The
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Note that gpg-agent now uses a fixed socket. All tools will start
the gpg-agent as needed. The formerly used environment variable
GPG_AGENT_INFO is ignored by 2.1. The SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment
GPG_AGENT_INFO is ignored by 2.2. The SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment
variable should be set to a fixed value.
The Dirmngr is now part of GnuPG proper and also used to access
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use of the GnuPG directories. Dirmngr is started by gpg or gpgsm as
needed. There is no more need to install a separate Dirmngr package.
All changes introduced with GnuPG 2.2 have been developed in the 2.1
series of releases. See the respective entries in the file NEWS.
* RECOMMENDATIONS
** Socket directory
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* HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION
A description of new features and changes in version 2.1 can be
A description of new features and changes since version 2.1 can be
found in the file "doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt" and online at
"https://gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html" .
The primary WWW page is "https://www.gnupg.org"
The primary WWW page is "https://gnupg.org"
or using Tor "http://ic6au7wa3f6naxjq.onion"
The primary FTP site is "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/"
The primary FTP site is "https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/"
See [[https://gnupg.org/download/mirrors.html]] for a list of
mirrors and use them if possible. You may also find GnuPG mirrored
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https://www.gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html for archives
of the mailing lists.
Please direct bug reports to [[http://bugs.gnupg.org]] or post them
Please direct bug reports to [[https://bugs.gnupg.org]] or post them
direct to the mailing list <gnupg-devel@gnupg.org>.
Please direct questions about GnuPG to the users mailing list or one

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configure.ac
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***
*** You need libgpg-error to build this program.
** This library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error
*** https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error
*** (at least version $NEED_GPG_ERROR_VERSION is required.)
***]])
fi
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***
*** You need libgcrypt to build this program.
** This library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/
*** https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/
*** (at least version $NEED_LIBGCRYPT_VERSION (API $NEED_LIBGCRYPT_API) is required.)
***]])
fi
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***
*** You need libassuan to build this program.
*** This library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libassuan/
*** https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libassuan/
*** (at least version $NEED_LIBASSUAN_VERSION (API $NEED_LIBASSUAN_API) is required).
***]])
fi
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***
*** You need libksba to build this program.
*** This library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/
*** https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libksba/
*** (at least version $NEED_KSBA_VERSION using API $NEED_KSBA_API is required).
***]])
fi
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*** It is now required to build with support for the
*** New Portable Threads Library (nPth). Please install this
*** library first. The library is for example available at
*** ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/npth/
*** https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/npth/
*** (at least version $NEED_NPTH_VERSION (API $NEED_NPTH_API) is required).
***]])
fi
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*** The system does not provide a working iconv function. Please
*** install a suitable library; for example GNU Libiconv which is
*** available at:
*** http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/
*** https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/
***]])
fi
fi

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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
2016-07-14
2017-08-28
Table of Contents
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1 What’s new in GnuPG 2.1
═════════════════════════
GnuPG version 2.1 comes with a bag of new features which changes some
things old-timers are used to. This page explains the more important
ones. It expects that the reader is familiar with GnuPG version 2.0
and aware that GnuPG consists of /gpg/, /gpgsm/, and /gpg-agent/ as
its main components.
GnuPG version 2.1 (now known as 2.2) comes with a bag of new features
which changes some things old-timers are used to. This page explains
the more important ones. It expects that the reader is familiar with
GnuPG version 2.0 and aware that GnuPG consists of /gpg/, /gpgsm/, and
/gpg-agent/ as its main components.
• The file /secring.gpg/ is not anymore used to store the secret keys.
Merging of secret keys is now supported.
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• The scripts to create a Windows installer are now part of GnuPG.
Now for the detailed description of these new features. Note that the
examples assume that /gpg/ is installed as /gpg/. Your
installation may have it installed under the name /gpg2/.
examples assume that /gpg/ is installed as /gpg/. Your installation
may have it installed under the name /gpg2/.
1.1 Removal of the secret keyring
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│ uid [ unknown] Sample 2 <me@example.org>
└────
Since version 2.1.17 the expiration date of the primary key can be
changed directly:
┌────
│ $ gpg --quick-set-expire 5B83120DB1E3A65AE5A8DCF6AA43F1DCC7FED1B7 2017-12-31
│ $ gpg -K 5B83120DB1E3A65AE5A8DCF6AA43F1DCC7FED1B7
│ sec rsa2048 2016-06-22 [SC] [expires: 2017-12-31]
│ 5B83120DB1E3A65AE5A8DCF6AA43F1DCC7FED1B7
│ uid [ultimate] steve.biko@example.net
│ ssb rsa2048 2016-06-22 [E]
│
│ $ gpg --quick-set-expire 5B83120DB1E3A65AE5A8DCF6AA43F1DCC7FED1B7 none
│ $ gpg -K 5B83120DB1E3A65AE5A8DCF6AA43F1DCC7FED1B7
│ sec rsa2048 2016-06-22 [SC]
│ 5B83120DB1E3A65AE5A8DCF6AA43F1DCC7FED1B7
│ uid [ultimate] steve.biko@example.net
│ ssb rsa2048 2016-06-22 [E]
└────
1.6 Improved Pinentry support
─────────────────────────────
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at login time and use an environment variable (`GPG_AGENT_INFO') to
tell the other GnuPG modules how to connect to the agent. However,
correctly managing the start up and this environment variable is
cumbersome so that an easier method is required. Since GnuPG
2.0.16 the `--use-standard-socket' option already allowed to start the
agent on the fly; however the environment variable was still required.
cumbersome so that an easier method is required. Since GnuPG 2.0.16
the `--use-standard-socket' option already allowed to start the agent
on the fly; however the environment variable was still required.
With GnuPG 2.1 the need of `GPG_AGENT_INFO' has been completely
removed and the variable is ignored. Instead a fixed Unix domain
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pad are supported. The internal CCID driver does now also work with
certain non-auto-configuration equipped readers.
Since version 2.1.19 multiple card readers are support and the format
of the Pinentry prompts has been changed to show more information on
the requested card.
[gnuk] http://www.fsij.org/doc-gnuk/
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makes writing of key manager software easier.
[GPGME] https://gnupg.org/related_software/gpgme/
[GPGME] https://gnupg.org/software/gpgme/
1.15 Recipient key from file
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# Copyright 2014--2016 The GnuPG Project.
# Copyright 2014--2017 The GnuPG Project.
# This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
# Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of
# this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/