Re: errors building a .deb

[Luk Claes <luk.claes@ugent.be>]

Sonia Hamilton wrote:
[...]
> As per [1] this builds OK with 'debuild -us -uc', but with 'debuild' it
> can't get to my key:
>
>
> > Now signing changes and any dsc files...
> > signfile grabc_1.1-1.dsc Sonia Hamilton <soniaNO_SPAMsnowfrog.net>
> > gpg: skipped `Sonia Hamilton <soniaNO_SPAMsnowfrog.net>': secret key not
> > available
> > gpg: [stdin]: clearsign failed: secret key not available
>
>
> How is it choosing my key? From 'changelog' or 'control'? Unfortunately,
> when I created my key, I created it as:
>
> Sonia Larissa Hamilton (Sydney, Australia) <soniaNO_SPAMsnowfrog.net>
>  rather than
> Sonia Hamilton <soniaNO_SPAMsnowfrog.net>

You could use the -k <keyid> option or create a subkey (see below).

> I've been wanting to change this for ages; but as my key has lots of
> signatures on it, rather than creating a new key should I create a
> subkey "Sonia Hamilton <sonia...>"? Any pointers on how to do this?

The reference is probably the GNU Privacy Handbook [1]:

$ gpg --edit-key <keyid>
Command> adduid

Cheers

Luk

[1] http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.html