-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Laurent Jumet escribió: > Hello MastahYoda ! > > MastahYoda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm running GnuPG on Windows and I would like to update my old GnuPG to >> newer version, 1.4.9. How can I do it so, that I can still use my existing >> keys? I tried quick-and-dirty method in my test machine and copy-pasted only >> new exe-files to my old gnupg-folder. Obviously it didn't work, because I >> couldn't find any keys when running --list-keys.. So does anyone know how to >> update correctly? Thanks! > > Install GnuPG1.4.9 and by default, main program will be in C:\GnuPG > Copy your actual keyrings in C:\GnuPG\Keyrings > Additional plug-ins like IDEA.DLL are in C:\Lib\Gnupg > > Pubring.gpg and Secring.gpg are the default names for GPG; may be your > actual > keyrings are not in that format but look like .pgp .pkr .skr, so you only need to > import them once, to create the .gpg files. >
I figure it is a good idea to export the private and public keyrings before doing any change... I mean, upgrades are good things, but sometimes can cause unexpected effects. With a backup, if everything goes wrong, you can always reimport the keys. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJIRS+hAAoJEMV4f6PvczxAtPMH/Rr3/Jv1vbvce7rRhMwoG+VV aK0SdOIjhtjYvkPznWzNpVr6ExEF/+S0PdgBkgJGrR9UBrhDAHuLzcsc88hKhnho crZXCoN3FUmdn34nWP1RZjYHNXUAWqCp+j4WGpaYZIA5uB46Fgea7R7hUYd7Tizo 4PT7GJ3Xg7RHt1rFYth/9u90PrNlSu6ibRN1AjYTF1H/e16Q4hGtk/NVPjcmOkRv iJqzCXLdz7O98uPyLbLzJhY7uPR7taKRtU1GUn9ZvtATQil4GXifUTX+wS5k7n/A fvp+/rv8WdiNUjtmyLJ8jqn/uIUCI08uvLLm2y3vmdikIaaWDNBwL+SRnrRopEE= =s37w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
