Re: v1.4.8 --textmode incompatible with earlier versions

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v1.4.8 --textmode incompatible with earlier ver...
\ Timo Sirainen (8 Mar 2008)
. \ David Shaw (8 Mar 2008)

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Subject:	Re: v1.4.8 --textmode incompatible with earlier versions
Group:	Gnupg-users
From:	David Shaw
Date:	8 Mar 2008

On Mar 8, 2008, at 4:18 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> When signing data with spaces at the end of lines with --textmode (and
> -a -b --sign), v1.4.8 generates signatures that older releases
> verify as
> BAD, and vice versa.
>
> I can't seem to find anything related to this with googling or from
> NEWS
> or ChangeLog file. Was it changed accidentally? Will this get fixed
> again in future versions, or should I just stop using --textmode for
> my
> emails?

This is not a bug. There was a "buglet" in the original OpenPGP
specification around text canonicalization. GnuPG follows the updated
spec (RFC-4880) now. To revert to the older spec, use the "--rfc2440-
text" for this specific issue, or "--rfc2440" for a full reversion.

David

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