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Noteworthy changes in version 2.5.6 (2025-05-08)

  • gpg: Add a flag to the filter expressions for left anchored substring match. [rGc12b7d047e]
  • gpg: New list option "show-trustsig" to avoid resorting to colon mode for this info. [rG41d6ae8f41]
  • gpg: New command --quick-tsign-key to create a trust signature. [rGd90b290f97]
  • gpg: New keygen parameter "User-Id". [rGcfd597c603]
  • gpg: New list options "show-trustsig". [rG41d6ae8f41]
  • gpg: Fix double free of internal data in no-sig-cache mode [T7547]
  • gpg: Signatures from revoked or expired keys do not anymore show up as missing keys. Fixes regression in 2.5.5. [T7583]
  • gpgsm: Extend --learn-card by an optional s/n argument. [T7379]
  • gpgsm: Skip expired certificates when selection a certificate by subject. [rG4cf83273e8]
  • card: New command "ll" as alias for "list --cards". [rGd6ee7adebe]
  • scd: Fix posssible lockup on Windows due to a lost select result. [rGa7ec3792c5]
  • scd:p15: Accept PKCS#15 cards with a zero-length label. [rGdb25aa9887]
  • keyboxd: Use case-insensitive search for mail addresses. [T7576]
  • dirmngr: Fix a problem in libdns related to an address change from 127.0.0.1. [T4021]
  • gpgconf: Fix reload and kill of keyboxd. [T7569]
  • Fix logic for certain recsel conditions. [rG8968e84903]
  • Add Solaris support to get_signal_name. [T7638]
  • Fix build error of the test shell on AIX. [T7632]

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werner triaged this task as Normal priority.Mar 25 2025, 9:35 AM
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