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GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS (Announce)

posted by rosegondon, C:\DOS, 10.05.2024, 19:30

> I posted gpg14c.zip which honors the RNG_DEVICE environment variable. If
> you set RNG_DEVICE=/dev/urandom$ then GnuPG will use that when it generates
> keys. This will guarantee that it never blocks on an empty entropy pool,
> but i will reiterate that the documentation warns against doing this.

Quick observation after first tests: DOS GPG buils fails often with file creation, because of multiple-extension filenames it creates.

For example, when I run

gpg --clearsign mytext.txt

GPG tries to write to mytext.txt.asc and fails. Every time I need to use "--output" directive i commandline.

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echo g=ffff:0|debug>nul

Complete thread:

• GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 08.05.2024, 07:03 (Announce)
  • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 08.05.2024, 11:09
    • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 08.05.2024, 16:48
      • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 08.05.2024, 18:20
        • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 08.05.2024, 22:19
          • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 09.05.2024, 05:18
            • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 09.05.2024, 12:48
              • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 09.05.2024, 16:32
                • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 09.05.2024, 17:11
                  • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 09.05.2024, 19:30
                    • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 09.05.2024, 21:08
                      • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 09.05.2024, 23:32
                        • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 10.05.2024, 19:10
                          • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - RayeR, 14.05.2024, 20:49
                            • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 14.05.2024, 22:36
                              • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - RayeR, 14.05.2024, 23:55
                                • NSA is coming to get you (and your cat)! - Rugxulo, 15.05.2024, 06:21
                                  • NSA is coming to get you (and your cat)! - rosegondon, 15.05.2024, 11:48
                                    • NSA is coming to get you (and your cat)! - RayeR, 15.05.2024, 17:40
                        • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 10.05.2024, 19:30
                          • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 11.05.2024, 20:44
                          • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 13.05.2024, 07:12
                            • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 14.05.2024, 01:31
                              • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 14.05.2024, 09:53
                                • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 14.05.2024, 17:04
                                  • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 14.05.2024, 18:33
                                  • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 15.05.2024, 11:43
                                    • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 15.05.2024, 17:00
                                  • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 16.05.2024, 07:13
                                    • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 17.05.2024, 02:20
                                      • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 07:31
                                        • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 17.05.2024, 16:14
                                          • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 18:38
                                            • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 17.05.2024, 19:22
                                              • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 22:03
                                              • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 22:17
                                                • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 19.05.2024, 05:53
                                              • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 17.05.2024, 22:31
                                                • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 19.05.2024, 05:10
                                                  • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - rosegondon, 20.05.2024, 21:04
                                                    • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 20.05.2024, 21:53
  • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 31.05.2024, 00:17
    • GnuPG 1.4.23 for DOS - bencollver, 31.05.2024, 02:04