setting expiration date changes primary UID (was: Re: GnuPG race causes misordered uids?

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 27 May 2003 06:29:39 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann said:

> key.  This reveals a completely unrelated bug in GPG.  Setting the
> expiration date of a key changes the primary UID!

Its a feature not a bug.  The primary UID is the one with the primary
uid flag set or in absence of this flag the UID with the newest
self-signature.  Changing the expiration time creates a new
self-signature using the current time.

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