Setting Primary UID

Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:51:50 -0700 (PDT)

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On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Lazarus Long wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 12:19:58PM -0700, L. Sassaman wrote:

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>  > key with the most recent primary key flag sub-signature bit set, and treat

>  > that as primary. That solves all the problems associated with this.

> 

> Sorry to differ here. (the word "all")

> 

> I've had to create new UIDs in the past, due to temporary email

> addresses and a variety of other situations.  Many times I have desired

> to *not*-change the primary UID or to change it to one that is not the

> most-recently-created.  In an ideal world, I would have the option of

> specifying this.

Right. That's what the "Primary User ID" flag allows you to do. As I said,
it soles all the problems... you can add new user IDs, and unless you
specify then as primary, they won't change the primary UID specification.

> Do I consider this a show-stopper problem with GnuPG?  Not at all. :-)

> But it definitely can be a frustration for the person wrestling with this.

- --Len.

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