2.5.2p2: comments in key files

Jos Backus josb at cncdsl.com
Sat Apr 21 07:15:45 EST 2001


On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 09:51:16PM +0200, Markus Friedl wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:46:41PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote:
> > It appears to be possible to put comments in DSA key files, even though
> > comments are not supported in those files:
> 
> you can put a comment in the public key file, but
> not in the private key file. this is why '-c'
> does not work.

I know, but the current behavior of -c seems wrong, as it is supposed to let
you edit comments but it doesn't let you.

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