Subject: Re: bug#9255: Obscure epa-file error message
From: Daiki Ueno <[email-masked]>
To: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:16:04 +0900
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> writes:

>> $ gpg --encrypt -r A6CC6651 test.txt
>> gpg: A6CC6651: skipped: unusable public key
>> gpg: test.txt: encryption failed: unusable public key
>
> It's not great, but "unusable public key" is a good improvement over
> "Opening output file: Encrypt failed: ((exit) (invalid-recipient (reason
> . 0) (requested-recipient . "36DB083C608CC24C")))"
>
> I guess "invalid-recipient" does mean the same as "unusable public key"
> at some level, but to this end user "unusable public key" is a lot
> more clear.

OK.  Now you will get something like:

Opening output file: Encrypt failed, Unusable public key: 084B0E86A6CC6651; Exit

http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/trunk/revision/105419

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno