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 For support of the OpenPGP protocol (default), you need the latest CVS
 version of GnuPG 1.2, see `http://www.gnupg.org/cvs-access.html'.
 
-You need at least GnuPG 1.2.0.
+You need at least GnuPG 1.2.2.
 
 If configure can't find the `gpg' binary in your path, you can specify
 the location with the --with-gpg=/path/to/gpg argument to configure.