[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#860745: Bug#860745: Please suggest a fix for "server $SOMETHING is older than us" message

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

Control: tags 860745 + upstream
Control: forwarded 860745 https://dev.gnupg.org/T3117

On Sun 2017-04-23 18:52:11 +0200, Werner Koch wrote:
> Well, correct installation of a software update is the task of the
> sysadmin or the distribution.  This is the same as an update of libc or
> other libraries; something(tm) must happen to restart all processes
> using an updated library.

Do you recommend terminating all per-user gpg-agent and dirmngr
instances upon package upgrade?  This would be a significant change from
the traditional debian packaging approach, in which the package is only
really responsible for restarting system-level daemons (not user-level
daemons).

>>   gpg: WARNING: server 'dirmngr' is older than us (2.1.17 < 2.1.18). Run with --verbose for details.
>>   gpg: further info: Outdated servers may lack important security fixes.
>>   gpg: further info: A restart can be forced using "gpgconf --kill all"
>
> Hmmm.  Can you file a report to bugs.gnupg.org ?

I just filed it here:  https://dev.gnupg.org/T3117

  --dkg
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