GNUPG AES compatibility?

[cmm]

Have newest GNUPG. Trying to get AES keys but it's not showing up when I do --gen-key, only this:

gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Please select what kind of key you want:
(1) DSA and Elgamal (default)
(2) DSA (sign only)
(5) RSA (sign only)


How can I get AES?

Thanks!

 

[cmm]

SOLVED:

After reading many man pages, and tinkering about, here's the solution:

gpg --cipher-algo AES256 ~/foo


Hope that helps! Post here if you have any further questions.