On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:18:04AM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
> This is not a bug. Clearsigned messages are not reversible to restore
> the original message including line endings and trailing whitespace.
> If perfect reversibility is desired, you must use regular signatures.
Ok, but this seems like a strange and unexpected design for a signature.
There should probably be some strong warnings in the documentation. For
example, the handbook misleadingly says
The option --clearsign causes the document to be wrapped in an
ASCII-armored signature but otherwise does not modify the document.
Maybe the docs should say
Clearsigning modifies the message in minor ways that should not
affect reading. However, for this reason it should not be used on
data that must be preserved exactly.
Andrew
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