Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] skip RFC1991 tests with gnupg 2.1.x

From: Michael J Gruber <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:54:56 +0100

Torsten Bögershausen schrieb am 11.12.2014 um 16:32:
> On 11.12.14 10:30, Christian Hesse wrote:
>> ---
>>  t/lib-gpg.sh   |  6 ++++++
>>  t/t7004-tag.sh | 14 +++++++-------
>>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/t/lib-gpg.sh b/t/lib-gpg.sh
>> index cd2baef..05b07c6 100755
>> --- a/t/lib-gpg.sh
>> +++ b/t/lib-gpg.sh
>> @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ else
>>  		GNUPGHOME="$(pwd)/gpghome"
>>  		export GNUPGHOME
>>  		test_set_prereq GPG
>> +		case "$gpg_version" in
>> +		'gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.'*)
>> +			say "Your version of gpg (2.1.x) is missing some legacy features"
>> +			test_set_prereq GNUPG21
>> +			;;
>> +		esac
>>  		;;
>>  	esac
>>  fi
> We do not really need the GNUPG21 (and we don't need to touch the TC at all)
> 		case "$gpg_version" in
> 		'gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.'*)
> 			say "Your version of gpg (2.1.x) is missing some legacy features"
> 			;;
> 		*)
> 			test_set_prereq GPG
> 			;;
> 
> 		esac
>   		;;
> 

That would disable all GPG tests, which is pretty harsh.

If gpg 2.1 is the future of gpg (which I don't know), which should
rather prepare for that and make our tests independent of the version.
Is gpg 2.1 stable enough to cater for its special needs?

Michael