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Re: [openpgp] "OpenPGP Simple"

2015-03-16 16:15:42
Re Jon's comment above: The five-octet, new-format thing is what the
End-to-End extension does.

On Monday, March 16, 2015, Werner Koch <wk(_at_)gnupg(_dot_)org> wrote:

On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:12, singpolyma(_at_)singpolyma(_dot_)net 
<javascript:;> said:

Yes.  Last time I checked, gnupg < 2 (which is still the default on
most of my systems) only generates old-style headers, whereas my

That depends on how you invoke gpg and whether the new packer headers
are required.  That is required for PGP-2 compatibility.


Is there an option to completely disable this? Relatedly, is there any
option to not use new-format partial lengths?

Partial lengths are really a nuisance to parse.
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