Re: Outstanding question - rule on cleartext signing last line

[David Shaw <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 01:23:01PM +0100, Werner Koch wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:43:48 +0000, Ian G said:
> 
> > But I think we need to hear from the PGP Inc and GPG
> > architects on this?
> 
> I recall that we tweaked gpg's behaviour in this regard until all
> users were satisfied.  Thus I'd say not to add new requirement to the
> specs.

I agree.  I think the spec is just fine in this regard: the final CRLF
(the one before the "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----") is not part of
the signature.  That allows for the GPG behavior to preserve the
presence or lack of line ending on the last line.

David