On Thu, 13 May 1999, Marco d'Itri wrote: > >PGP 2.x compatible signatures can be generated using this command: > > gpg --rfc-1991 -a --clearsign foo.txt
> AFAIK this is not needed. The only compatibility options I have in my > ~/.gnupg/options file are: I was unable to make it work without the --rfc-1991 argument <shrug> > >Note: You cannot pipe input to gpg and get a PGP 2.x compatible sig. > I do that for it.* CFVs and I'm quite sure the signatures can be > verified with PGP 2.x. > If anyone cares I can provide my generic GPG.pm module for signing and > verifying. Well, I tried many many times and went so far as to ask on the mailing list (was told it wouldn't work), never once was I able to make gpg create a signature that pgp 2.6 would accept using a pipe. You might want to double check that your sigs do work.. Jason