Re: Standard gnupg folder created despite --homedir parameter

2016-08-10 Thread Peter Lebbing 
On 10/08/16 01:23, Carola Grunwald wrote:
> May I ask how that translates into the Windows world?  Is it a way to
> get rid of the ...\AppData\Roaming\gnupg folder?

While the directory names give off a strong Unixy vibe[1], the text says "On
Windows systems" and "under Windows". Have you tried to create those
directories? I don't think there is any "translation", this is how you should do
it on Windows specifically. (The gpgconf tool is also indicated as
'gpgconf.exe', on Unix systems it would not have an extension.)

Try this:

F:\PortableApps\MyProject\gpg\gpgconf.exe
F:\PortableApps\MyProject\gpg\gpgconf.ctl
F:\PortableApps\MyProject\gpg\home
F:\PortableApps\MyProject\gpg\usr\local\var\cache\gnupg

HTH,

Peter.

[1] Heck, /usr/local/var/cache/gnupg is the concatenation of two standard Linux
directory names. Two for the price of one! It's an odd one, that. Makes you
wonder whether it's a copy-paste error.

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Re: Which GPG version?

2016-08-10 Thread Peter Lebbing 
On 01/08/16 21:48, Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> I see the world a little different :-)

The world even! :-)

> If you want to try new features like curve-based encryption, or if you
> are a developer, then go for 2.1. Otherwise, if you are a regular
> end-user, then go for 2.0 and wait with upgrading until 2.1 has become
> mature. This will result in 2.2 being released.

What do you base this view upon? I based my advice upon two instances I can
remember Werner expressing his view about this:

On 04/05/16 11:55, Werner Koch wrote[1]:
> On Wed,  4 May 2016 11:40, pe...@digitalbrains.com said:
>
>> Werner, would you recommend they use 2.1 or 2.0 for the Debian Live CD?
>
> 2.1 of course

Note that this is about a Live CD which is expected to be used by people with
larger than average security concerns. You mention the "regular end-user"
yourself. I'd say some of the intended audience of the Live CD have more
stringent needs even than the "regular end-user". On the other hand, a Live CD
for key management is a quite different scenario than day-to-day use on a
regular OS.

And the second, thanks to Lachlan Gunn for reminding me the other day:

On 02/06/16 21:47, Werner Koch wrote[2]:
> On Thu,  2 Jun 2016 12:43, dashoho...@gmail.com said:
>
>> How far is the branch 2.1 from a stable release?
>
> it is not just stable, but modern!  Go and use it.

So what makes you say that 2.1 will not be for end-users until 2.2 has been
released? I don't think that is the versioning model of the GnuPG project. It
wasn't during the 1.4/2.0 period, before 2.1 was released.

HTH,

Peter.

[1] https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2016-May/055943.html
[2] https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2016-June/056107.html

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Re: Standard gnupg folder created despite --homedir parameter

2016-08-10 Thread Carola Grunwald 
On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 10:40:29 +0200, Peter Lebbing
 wrote:

>On 10/08/16 01:23, Carola Grunwald wrote:
>> May I ask how that translates into the Windows world?  Is it a way to
>> get rid of the ...\AppData\Roaming\gnupg folder?
>
>While the directory names give off a strong Unixy vibe[1], the text says "On
>Windows systems" and "under Windows". Have you tried to create those
>directories? I don't think there is any "translation", this is how you should 
>do
>it on Windows specifically. (The gpgconf tool is also indicated as
>'gpgconf.exe', on Unix systems it would not have an extension.)
>
>Try this:
>
>F:\PortableApps\MyProject\gpg\gpgconf.exe
>F:\PortableApps\MyProject\gpg\gpgconf.ctl
>F:\PortableApps\MyProject\gpg\home
>F:\PortableApps\MyProject\gpg\usr\local\var\cache\gnupg
>
>HTH,
>
>Peter.
>
>[1] Heck, /usr/local/var/cache/gnupg is the concatenation of two standard Linux
>directory names. Two for the price of one! It's an odd one, that. Makes you
>wonder whether it's a copy-paste error.

Many many thanks Werner & Peter,

You made my day!

It works great the way you told me.  Please excuse my slow-wittedness
concerning the unixoid folder names.  Marvellous support here.

Keep on with your important work!

Bye

Caro

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