Can't remove 'lock'

[Drew Bloechl]

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On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 11:17:13AM -0400, Ben Wise wrote:
> Folks,
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> I'm new to using GnuPG, and I am getting a puzzling error.
> I can list the keys with no trouble, but if I
> try anything else, I get this error:
>=20
> 	gpg: waiting for lock (hold by 1295 - probably dead) ...
> 	gpg: waiting for lock (hold by 1295 - probably dead) ...

This happened to me just yesterday while I was importing a batch of=20
keys from a keyserver.  I don't know what causes it, but you can=20
remove the lockfile.  Look in .gnupg/ for a file that ends in .lock=20
and delete it. =20

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Drew Bloechl
drew@cesspool.net

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