On Tuesday, 10 October 2017 at 20:57, Christopher wrote: > On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 1:04 PM Brian C. Lane <b...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > The time for change is finally, almost here :) Upstream is talking about > > installing the v1.4 series as gpg1. They have already switched the > > default install of 2.2 to /usr/bin/gpg, but we currently override this > > with the --enable-gpg-is-gpg2 switch in gnupg2. > > > > Tracker bug here - https://dev.gnupg.org/T3443 > > Discussion - > > https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2017-October/033151.html > > > > When this happens I plan on tracking upstream's change and installing as > > gpg1, but I'm pretty sure we need a plan so that things don't end up all > > broken. > > > > Have you considered using alternatives as part of that plan, with gpg2 set > to higher priority than gpg1? Since upstream calls both binaries "gpg", it > kind of already makes sense to deconflict them with the alternatives system > in this way.
Alternatives are for things that are drop-in replacements. As far as I know, gpg2 is not a drop-in replacement for gpg1. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPMFusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
