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Update to 2.1.19.

Description

Update to 2.1.19.

Noteworthy changes in version 2.1.19

  • gpg: Print a warning if Tor mode is requested but the Tor daemon is not running.
  • gpg: New status code DECRYPTION_KEY to print the actual private key used for decryption.
  • gpgv: New options --log-file and --debug.
  • gpg-agent: Revamp the prompts to ask for card PINs.
  • scd: Support for multiple card readers.
  • scd: Removed option --debug-disable-ticker. Ticker is used only when it is required to watch removal of device/card.
  • scd: Improved detection of card inserting and removal.
  • dirmngr: New option --disable-ipv4.
  • dirmngr: New option --no-use-tor to explicitly disable the use of Tor.
  • dirmngr: The option --allow-version-check is now required even if the option --use-tor is also used.
  • dirmngr: Handle a missing nsswitch.conf gracefully.
  • dirmngr: Avoid PTR lookups for keyserver pools. The are only done for the debug command "keyserver --hosttable".
  • dirmngr: Rework the internal certificate cache to support classes of certificates. Load system provided certificates on startup. Add options --tls, --no-crl, and --systrust to the "VALIDATE" command.
  • dirmngr: Add support for the ntbtls library.
  • wks: Create mails with a "WKS-Phase" header. Fix detection of Draft-2 mode.
  • The Windows installer is now build with limited TLS support.
  • Many other bug fixes and new regression tests.

A detailed description of the changes found in this 2.1 branch can be
found at https://gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html.

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rP435303: - Update to 2.0.2
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