On Tue, July 12, 2005 12:33, Werner Koch wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:37:41 +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst said: > >> version of GnuPG in Debian (1.4.1-1). I'm wondering what the stance of >> upstream is on this bug: will or won't it be fixed? > > I don't see the problem with this. In same cases we could create a > file with the same permissions as the source file but not in all. > Often gpg does not work on the file but just reads the content. This > common Unix behaviour (cf. cat(1)). If there are concerns, make sure > the umask has ben set properly. > > Sor signing confidential files, a detached signature is anyway a > better choice. > > Another reason not to change it is that it changes the interface and > thus would break myriads of scripts.
Thanks for your reply, if the original submitter (Joey) agrees, then I propose to close this bug. Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
