possible bug with import

[Engin Gunduz]

> Date:     Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:02:02 +0200
> From:     Werner Koch <wk at gnupg.org>
> Sender:   gnupg-devel-admin at gnupg.org
> To:       gnupg-devel at gnupg.org
> Subject:  Re: possible bug with import
>
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:47:46 +0200, Tiago Antao said:
>
> > 0jgX0xLhdUj/KWDdQi2qVm3cE
> > gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
> > gpg: key 7835365D: public key imported
> > gpg: Total number processed: 1
> > gpg:               imported: 1
>
>
> > Notice that there is no end line. The reported message is very strange.
>
> You mean the "no valid OpenPGP data found"?
>
> With out the -----END .... line the armor is not valid.  The message
> is intended to give users a clue when a message was not decrypted.
> The de-armoring runs more or less independently from the other
> processing and it would be hard to propagate errors.


But, isn't the armor there to "protect" the key (from transmission
errors). If the armor is invalid, probably gnupg must not trust
the key inside the armor?

regards,
-engin

>
> Shalom-Salam,
>
>    Werner
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