Re: gpg couldn't import pgp keys
Package: gnupg
Version: 1.0.1-2
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On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:50:47PM -0400, Chad Miller wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 10:22:49AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > It's possible that GPG reads the keyrings in the reverse order to that
> > in which they are listed in the options file[...]
>
> It seems to. It is counterintuitive and undocumented. This is a bug in
> the code.
>
> In fact, the documentation states that a 'keyring' line in the config file
> _adds_ that kr to the list -- and that's not really true for the first.
> The personal keyring is implied, but ignored if there are any keyring
> lines, but none mentioning the personal keyring. This is a bug in the
> documentation.
>
> Anyone here develop gnupg upstream?
>
> - chad
>
> --
> Chad Miller <cmiller@surfsouth.com> URL: http://web.chad.org/
> "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced".
> First corollary to Clarke's Third Law (Jargon File, v4.2.0, 'magic')
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