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--multifile --sign (or: --sign multiple files in one pass)
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Description

In Debian bug #89094 it has been requested to extend gpg --sign "[..] to take
more than one filename, prompt for the passphrase once, and use the unlocked key
to sign each file in turn [..]".

Now there is a --multifile switch, but g10/gpg.c shows, that an error will be
thrown if --multifile is used together with --sign. I checked the lists and the
BTS for a discussion but didn't find anything about this.

Can this be implemented or are there reasons speaking against supporting
--multifile --sign?

Details

External Link
http://bugs.debian.org/89094
Version
1.4.9

Event Timeline

• dleidert set External Link to http://bugs.debian.org/89094.May 7 2009, 3:55 PM
• dleidert added projects: Feature Request, Debian.
• dleidert set Version to 1.4.9.
• dleidert added a subscriber: • dleidert.
• werner added a subscriber: • werner.May 7 2009, 9:15 PM

IIRC, the sematics of sign are too complicated for --multifile. If the problem
is just to avoid entering a passphrase several times, gpg-agent is very helpful
and solves the problem nicely.

neal added a subscriber: neal.Nov 4 2015, 1:41 PM

Based on Werner's response, I believe that the underlying issue is resolved.
Thus, I'm going to close this.

neal closed this task as Resolved.Nov 4 2015, 1:41 PM
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