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Subject:    Re: gpg: no secret key available for decryption
From:       Caleb Land <bokonon () rochester ! rr ! com>
Date:       2000-10-25 19:55:03
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On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:36:29AM +0200, Werner Koch wrote:
> > gpg: encrypted with 3072-bit ELG-E key, ID AA4D2A27, created 2000-10-16
> >       "Brian R. Boyce <Veritas@rochester.rr.com>"
> 
> And that is another recipient's key. Probably the one of the owner,
> so that he can archive the message.
> 

I should have noticed that.  Now that I think about it, he *does*
encrypt the stuff to himself (and that makes sense).


> > gpg: no secret key for decryption available
> 
> That is indeed a bit confusing.  It should say that there is no
> secret key for Brian Boyce.
> 
> I'll see whether I can change this behaviour and only list other
> keys without checking whether we have a secret key.


Maybe the message could read "gpg: no secret key for decryption
available for "Brian R. Boyce <Veritas@rochester.rr.com>", though I
don't think I would have ``gotten'' it even if it had read that :).  I
would be more than happy to add an entry into the FAQ about it
(though, I don't know how frequently it is asked as I only found one
other email that asked the same question).

-- 
Sincerely,
Caleb Land
(bokonon@rochester.rr.com)

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