gnupg-2.1.8

[Fernando de Oliveira]

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• gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.

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[Announce] GnuPG 2.1.8 released
Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Thu Sep 10 21:26:05 CEST 2015

Hello!

The GnuPG Project is pleased to announce the availability of a new
release of GnuPG modern: Version 2.1.8.

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You may not install "modern" (2.1) and "stable" (2.0) at the same
time.  However, it is possible to install "classic" (1.4) along with
any of the other versions.


Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.8
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 * gpg: Sending very large keys to the keyservers works again.

 * gpg: Validity strings in key listings are now again translatable.

 * gpg: Emit FAILURE status lines to help GPGME.

 * gpg: Does not anymore link to Libksba to reduce dependencies.

 * gpgsm: Export of secret keys via Assuan is now possible.

 * agent: Raise the maximum passphrase length from 100 to 255 bytes.

 * agent: Fix regression using EdDSA keys with ssh.

 * Does not anymore use a build timestamp by default.

 * The fallback encoding for broken locale settings changed
   from Latin-1 to UTF-8.

 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.

 * Various minor bug fixes.

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Thanks
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For the GnuPG hackers,

   Werner

[Pierre Labastie]

libksba is still required by configure. It may be that gpg does not link to it, but other programs in the package do. I'll let you know

[Pierre Labastie]

gpgsm still links to libksba.

[Pierre Labastie]

Fixed at r16504