gpgme_op_delete() does not work with gpg 2.x

[brent s.]

On 12/29/18 9:01 AM, Jeroen Ooms wrote:
> A user of the R bindings has reported (and I have confirmed) that
> deleting secret keys in gpgme does not work with gnupg2. We call (on
> an existing key):
> 
>   gpgme_op_delete(ctx, key, 1)
> 
> This returns success if the key exists, and when we are running with
> GnuPG 1.4 the key is deleted. However when running gpg2 it returns
> success but the key is still there.
> 
> Downstream issue: https://github.com/jeroen/gpg/issues/3
> 
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I'm not sure how much this will help you, but deleting a private key
works in the Python bindings if I use the abstracted method but not the
direct gpgme method (see attached POC).

Haven't taken a look at the R bindings; is there a similar
context-specific method there?

-- 
brent saner
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