gnupg-1.4.6 --import error

[Gilles Espinasse]

Just after gnupg compilation, on same makefile, we have
 gpg --import /usr/src/config/cfgroot/ipcop.gpg

With gpg-1.4.5
gpg --import /usr/src/config/cfgroot/ipcop.gpg
gpg: directory `/root/.gnupg' created
gpg: new configuration file `/root/.gnupg/gpg.conf' created
gpg: WARNING: options in `/root/.gnupg/gpg.conf' are not yet active during
this run
gpg: keyring `/root/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /root/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4A3BFD9E: public key "IPCop Development Group
(http://www.ipcop.org/) <ipcop-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
Install done; saving file list to /usr/src/log/gnupg-1.4.5 ...

With gpg-1.4.6
gpg --import /usr/src/config/cfgroot/ipcop.gpg
gpg: directory `/root/.gnupg' created
gpg: can't open `/gnupg/options.skel': No such file or directory
gpg: keyring `/root/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/root/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: /root/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4A3BFD9E: public key "IPCop Development Group
(http://www.ipcop.org/) <ipcop-devel at lists.sourceforge.net>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
make: *** [/usr/src/log/gnupg-1.4.6] Error 2

touch /root/.gnupg/options.skel solve the failure
I find no references of this file.
What should be the content of options.skel?

Gilles