I just wanted to set up to send an encrypted message, so I went to generate a public/private key pair using gpg on C 6. Version 2.0.14, copyright 2009? Isn't there something newer than 10 years old? mark
On Wed, 2019-02-27 at 19:39 -0500, mark wrote:> I just wanted to set up to send an encrypted message, so I went to > generate a > public/private key pair using gpg on C 6. > > Version 2.0.14, copyright 2009? > > Isn't there something newer than 10 years old?Don't mistake copyright for build date. Try: "rpm -qfi $(which gpg)" for your answer. Mark> > mark > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Mark ->From browsing the online package repo browser @https://pkgs.org/download/gnupg , 2.0.14(8) seems to be the newest for C6. C7 is now on 2.0.22(5) Regards, Tyler -----Original Message----- From: CentOS <centos-bounces at centos.org> On Behalf Of Christian, Mark Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 7:53 PM To: centos at centos.org Subject: [EXT]Re: [CentOS] gpg? On Wed, 2019-02-27 at 19:39 -0500, mark wrote:> I just wanted to set up to send an encrypted message, so I went to > generate a > public/private key pair using gpg on C 6. > > Version 2.0.14, copyright 2009? > > Isn't there something newer than 10 years old?Don't mistake copyright for build date. Try: "rpm -qfi $(which gpg)" for your answer. Mark> > mark > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos_______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 at 19:39, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:> > I just wanted to set up to send an encrypted message, so I went to generate a > public/private key pair using gpg on C 6. > > Version 2.0.14, copyright 2009? > > Isn't there something newer than 10 years old?Well CentOS-6 is nearing 8 years old.. and gpg is a core tool which isn't going to get a lot of updates which might break RPM and other tools which rely on the version that was done in 2009. So the versions are going to be old. If you need some sort of newer feature you need to compile a version for yourself in /usr/local or use a newer EL> > mark > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- Stephen J Smoogen.
On 2019-02-28, Christian, Mark <mark.christian at intel.com> wrote:> On Wed, 2019-02-27 at 19:39 -0500, mark wrote: >> I just wanted to set up to send an encrypted message, so I went to >> generate a >> public/private key pair using gpg on C 6. >> >> Version 2.0.14, copyright 2009? >> >> Isn't there something newer than 10 years old? > > Don't mistake copyright for build date. > > Try: > > "rpm -qfi $(which gpg)" for your answer. > > MarkDon't mistake build date for change date: head -n 1 $(rpm -qfd $(which gpg) | grep ChangeLog) -- Liam