Joseph Pingenot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So why not create in the virtual package an actual wrapper script (e.g. > dpgpw for 'Debian PGP Wrapper') that detects the version of pgp or gpg > or whatever is installed on the system (or chooses which one to > use if multiple pgp implementations are installed), detects which > version is installed, and presents to the end user a unified interface > to the implementations (and maybe allows the user to, through clever use > of options, use something that, say, pgp has but gnupg doesn't).
I don't think this is worth the trouble. After all, all alternatives to GnuPG are non-free software, and it's not only the command line interface which differs. The OpenPGP RFC specifies only the message format, not the behavior of OpenPGP implementations. > Who knows? Maybe a Debian Standard GPG Interface might become an industry > standard? :) Is it likely that NAI is going to release command line interface implementations for PGP 7.x and beyond? I don't think so. -- Florian Weimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Stuttgart http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/ RUS-CERT +49-711-685-5973/fax +49-711-685-5898