Thank you, Daniel. Anil.
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]>wrote: > On 01/04/2013 04:09 PM, Anilkumar Padmaraju wrote: > > This is first time I am upgrading gnupg. Are there any steps or document > > to download source, compile, and upgrade? I did some search in google, > but > > could not find detailed one. > > > > After upgrading do I have to do gpg --gen-key or it is only needed when > we > > install for the first time? > > GnuPG is software for working with OpenPGP material (keys, signatures, > and encrypted messages). Newer versions of GnuPG will continue to work > with pre-existing OpenPGP material. > > This means that you should not need to generate another OpenPGP key just > because your version of GnuPG was upgraded. Your existing OpenPGP key > should continue to work. > > hth, > > --dkg > > -- Anilkumar Padmaraju | Sr. Linux System Administrator *PRO Unlimited, Inc.* 1350 Old Bayshore Highway, Suite 350, Burlingame, CA 94010 (o) 650-373-2484 | (m) 408-835-7599 | (e) [email protected] www.prounlimited.com
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