Re: Keys over 4096-bits (was: gpg: invalid item `BZIP2' in preference string)

2011-08-26 Thread Ben McGinnes
On 26/08/11 3:37 AM, Werner Koch wrote: > On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:22, la...@thehaverkamps.net said: > >> changing from 4096 to 8192 bit) > > DON'T. I understand the reasons for this, but is there any reason for not using an 8kb (or larger) master/certification key with more normal subkeys (e.g. a

Re: gpg: invalid item `BZIP2' in preference string

2011-08-26 Thread David Manouchehri
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Run "sudo apt-get install bzip2" and see if that helps. Have you changed your kernel at all? David Manouchehri On 8/25/2011 11:22 AM, Lance W. Haverkamp wrote: > gpg: invalid item `BZIP2' in preference string -B

Re: gpg: invalid item `BZIP2' in preference string

2011-08-25 Thread Werner Koch
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:22, la...@thehaverkamps.net said: > I compiled both the stock 1.4.11 & the Ubuntu 1.4.10. Both ways I get > gpg: invalid item `BZIP2' in preference string You build gpg without bzip2 support. Install the libbz2-dev before configuring. > changing fro

gpg: invalid item `BZIP2' in preference string

2011-08-25 Thread Lance W. Haverkamp
d by law. gpg: invalid item `BZIP2' in preference string gpg: invalid default preferences gpg: invalid item `BZIP2' in preference string gpg: invalid personal compress preferences I have never seen this with any distro binary, just this source (as I'm changin