with salt.utils.files.flopen(filename, 'rb') as _fp:
            if gnupg_version >= '1.3.1':
                signed_data = gpg.sign(text, default_key=keyid, passphrase=gpg_passphrase)
            else:
                signed_data = gpg.sign_file(_fp, keyid=keyid, passphrase=gpg_passphrase)