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Re: primary UID change



* Geert Stappers:

>> Why not?  2004-07-02 is just the signature creation time.  Luk has
>> recently changed his primary user ID, and GnuPG uses it when displying
>> the issuer.  The certificate itself does not contain a user ID.

> Which version of gpnupg allow changing of the primary user ID.
> That used to be impossible, but I'm willing to learn.

GnuPG in sid has a "primary" command under --edit-key.

Unless you take special measures, the user ID with the most recent
self-signature is considered the primary user ID.  For keys with
trusted signatures, things are a bit more complicated, though.



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