Stripping Signatures With Unknown User Id from Public Keys

[Frank Henkel]

Hello,

I've imported the following public key and get a very long
gpg -kvv listing:

    $ gpg -kvv dd9jn@gnu.org
    pub  1024D/57548DCD 1998-07-07 Werner Koch (gnupg sig) <dd9jn@gnu.org>
    sig        AAFC1FB8 2000-06-18  [User id not found]
    sig        FF3EAA0B 1998-07-07  [User id not found]
    sig        45DCA669 1998-07-11  [User id not found]
    sig        8904C8E2 1999-03-12  [User id not found]
    rev        2B693EBF 2000-02-07  [User id not found]
    sig        6470AB26 2000-03-02  [User id not found]
    sig        47BA9357 2000-09-23  [User id not found]
    sig        A8ED201F 2000-07-13  [User id not found]
    rev        3C6F28F1 2000-02-07  [User id not found]
    sig        DDA9DB76 1999-12-19  [User id not found]
    sig        82957B66 2000-07-08  [User id not found]
    sig        38FEE6C3 1999-09-10  [User id not found]
    sig        207E7199 2000-05-01  [User id not found]
    sig        5B0358A2 1999-03-15  [User id not found]
    sig        D4E58026 2000-02-03  [User id not found]
    sig        57548DCD 1998-11-20  Werner Koch (gnupg sig) <dd9jn@gnu.org>
    sig        621CC013 1998-07-07  [User id not found]
    sig        30702948 1999-12-22  [User id not found]
    sig        F5143B2A 2000-06-14  [User id not found]
    sig        ACB58D4F 2000-04-11  [User id not found]
    sig        01E59968 1998-07-11  [User id not found]
    sig        2BA9DD69 1999-02-26  [User id not found]
    sig        E40413AA 1999-02-26  [User id not found]
    sig        A24D8B4E 2000-08-10  [User id not found]
    sig        7E3C8EAB 1999-09-10  [User id not found]
    sig        7BAA90FA 2000-09-05  [User id not found]
    sig        947612B3 1999-11-08  [User id not found]
    sig        8C8E9F23 1999-09-09  [User id not found]

How do I get rid of 28 signatures with no use?


I tried without success:

    $ gpg --edit-key dd9jn@gnu.org 
    
    pub  1024D/57548DCD  created: 1998-07-07 expires: 2002-12-29
    trust: -/q
    (1)  Werner Koch (gnupg sig) <dd9jn@gnu.org>
    
    Command> delsig AAFC1FB8
    You must select at least one user ID.
    
    Command> delsig 0xAAFC1FB8
    You must select at least one user ID.

    Command> delsig dd9jn@gnu.org
    You must select at least one user ID.


Trying to get more information about the sigs doesn't work:

    $ gpg --recv-keys 0xAAFC1FB8
    gpg: requesting key AAFC1FB8 from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net ...
    gpg: key AAFC1FB8: no valid user IDs
    gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature
    gpg: Total number processed: 1
    gpg:           w/o user IDs: 1
    $ gpg -kvv 0xAAFC1FB8
    gpg: error reading key: public key not found
    $


Any idea?


Thanks.
Frank Henkel

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