Can't change expiration time in gpg 1.0.2

Anthony Mulcahy anthony at kcn.ne.jp
Thu Jul 20 18:18:24 CEST 2000


Hello,

I think I may have found a bug in gpg 1.0.2. When I try to change
a key's expiration time, the key editing procedure proceeds
normally, but at the end the key's expiration time is unchanged.

I've attached the output of one editing session below:

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$ gpg --edit-key 16622AFA
gpg (GnuPG) 1.0.2; Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.

Secret key is available.

pub  1024D/16622AFA  created: 1999-11-18 expires: never trust: -/u
sub  1024g/DF298C9E  created: 1999-11-18 expires: never     
(1) xxxxxxxx (x) <x at x>

Command> expire
Changing expiration time for the primary key.
Please specify how long the key should be valid.
         0 = key does not expire
	 <n>  = key expires in n days
	 <n>w = key expires in n weeks
	 <n>m = key expires in n months
	 <n>y = key expires in n years
Key is valid for? (0) 1y
Key expires at Fri Jul 20 13:48:47 2001 JST
Is this correct (y/n)? y

pub 1024D/16622AFA created: 1999-11-18 expires: never trust: -/u
sub 1024g/DF298C9E created: 1999-11-18 expires: never     
(1) xxxxxxxx (x) <x at x>
Command> 
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Anthony Mulcahy

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