GPG signing problem

[Lars Hecking]

>  Dunno if this is a mutt or gpg problem ...
 
 Definitely a mutt problem. It was introduced between 1.3.11 and 1.3.12.

|  6.3.101.  pgp_ignore_subkeys
| 
|   Type: boolean
|   Default: yes
| 
|   Setting this variable will cause Mutt to ignore OpenPGP subkeys.
|   Instead, the principal key will inherit the subkeys' capabilities.
|   Unset this if you want to play interesting key selection games.

 Either the documentation is wrong, or my understanding of this option
 is wrong. Or it's a bug :)

 The default setting causes mutt to ignore the "real" key and choose
 the *wrong* key (subkey).

|   1 +  1024/0x9186116D DSA  es Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>
|   2 +  1024/0xFB6F7CC9 RSA  es Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>

 If I unset pgp_ignore_subkeys, it works as before.

|   1 +  1024/0x83AC334A DSA  -s Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>
|   2 +  1024/0x9186116D ElG  e- Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>
|   3 +  1024/0xFB6F7CC9 RSA  es Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie>

 That comment about "interesting key selection games" seems blatant
 nonsense to me.

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