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improve warnings when daemons are older than gpg
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Over in https://bugs.debian.org/860745 , Enrico suggests improved wording for when the daemons are older than the current /usr/bin/gpg:

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gpg: further info: Outdated servers may lack important security fixes.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"

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rG4ad5bc1b6d72 Explain the "server is older than xxx warning".

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dkg created this task.Apr 25 2017, 10:30 PM
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Unless --quiet is used we now print

gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.1.22-beta155 < 2.1.23-beta1)
gpg: Note: Outdated servers may lack important security fixes.
gpg: Note: Use the command "gpgconf --kill all" to restart them.

So no need for telling about --verbose.

• werner added a commit: rG4ad5bc1b6d72: Explain the "server is older than xxx warning"..Jul 31 2017, 11:28 AM