File renaming bug still in gpg 1.4.1rc2 on Windows

Patrick Brunschwig patrick.brunschwig at gmx.net
Tue Mar 1 10:17:48 CET 2005


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Patrick Brunschwig wrote:
> I just stumbled (again) across the file renaming bug on Windows XP with
> gpg 1.4.1 rc2.
> 
> If my homedir is e.g. D:\patrick, then file renaming works fine.
> 
> *But* if my homedir is:
> D:/Documents and Settings/patrick/Application Data/GnuPG
> then I still get the file renaming bug when trying to import a key:
> 
> D:\gnupg\GnuPG\gpg.exe --charset utf8 --batch --no-tty --status-fd 2 -
> -import
> gpg: key D18D9C18: public key "..." imported
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg:               imported: 1
> gpg: public key 57BBB132 is 4104 seconds newer than the signature
> gpg: renaming `D:/Documents and Settings/patrick/Application
> Data/GnuPG\pubring.gpg'
> to `D:/Documents and Settings/patrick/Application
> Data/GnuPG\pubring.bak' failed: Permission denied
> gpg: failed to rebuild keyring cache: file rename error

I found some more points for the bug. If the sequence is:
1. --edit-key
2. --list-key
then the error does not happen.

If the sequence is:
1. --edit-key
2. --edit-key
Then the error occurs regardless of the directory name.

- -Patrick
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