GNU bug report logs - #12696
24.2.50; epa bug with gpg-agent

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Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:43:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2.50

Done: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org>
Cc: 12696 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#12696: 24.2.50; epa bug with gpg-agent
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:16:46 +0100

Daiki Ueno <ueno <at> unixuser.org> writes:

> set up (one is DSA used for signing and one is ElGamal used for
> encryption):
>
>  - Richard Stallman (Chief GNUisance) <rms <at> gnu.org>
>  - 624DC565135EA668 1024bits DSA
> 	Created: 2001-03-05
> 	Capabilities: sign certify authentication
> 	Fingerprint: 6F818B215E159EF3FA26B0BE624DC565135EA668
>  - 879A7C37B1B10ED6 1024bits ELGAMAL_E
> 	Created: 2001-03-05
> 	Capabilities: encrypt
> 	Fingerprint: 04C26DD3834A1AB3A3CAB2D4879A7C37B1B10ED6

That is normal, the second one is a subkey of the first one.  Nowadays
gpg always creates such a subkey and it should handle that
transparently.

Andreas.

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