Several distributions are now using 'FreePG' which is a patchset on top of GnuPG. It includes some interop fixes for other PGP implementations (see bug 926186 as well -- where clearly the patch isn't actually working fully either). See also https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/01/msg00140.html. We have a few options: 1) package freepg separately 2) have USE-conditional patches 3) unconditionally apply it I think I prefer 1). We've seen 2) doesn't work well with e.g. openssh hpn and so on, and 3) goes against our usual policy of not being "political" with such forks. Thoughts?