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Subject: Re: Keyring corruption with GnuPG 2.1.20
From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg () fifthhorseman ! net>
Date: 2017-05-11 20:28:43
Message-ID: 878tm3i1dw.fsf () fifthhorseman ! net
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On Wed 2017-05-10 14:56:20 +0200, Justus Winter wrote:
> unfortunately, GnuPG 2.1.20 has a bug that can lead to keyring
> corruptions when updating or deleting keys.
[...]
> If you are using GnuPG 2.1.20 with the keyring format, a workaround is
> to convert your keyring to a keybox. For this, follow:
>
> https://www.gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html#keybox
>
> (Hat-tip to bmhatfield for the idea.)
on debian and derived systems, you can also use the helper tool:
migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg
which should be slightly more robust and also simpler to use than the
multistep sequence outlined in the FAQ.
> For more information see:
>
> https://dev.gnupg.org/T3123
>
> Packagers, please cherry-pick the following fix:
>
> https://dev.gnupg.org/rG22739433e98be80e46fe7d01d52a9627c1aebaae
Debian-specific note: 2.1.20 is only in debian's experimental
repository; the above patch should be present in 2.1.20-4, which was
uploaded to the experimental repo yesterday. If you're running any
previous version of 2.1.20 from experimental, please upgrade!
thanks for the heads-up, Justus!
--dkg
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