Cannot revoke signature

[David Shaw]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnupg-users-admin@gnupg.org [mailto:gnupg-users-admin@gnupg.org]On
> Behalf Of David Shaw
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 20:14
> To: GnuPG Users
> Subject: Re: Cannot revoke signature
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 01:59:11AM +0200, Christophe Labouisse wrote:
> > I'm trying to revoke a signature with GnuPG 1.2.0 but I didn't
> > succed.
> >
> > First I create a revokation certificat using :
> >
> > $ gpg --output revokation.asc --gen-rev KEYID
> >
> > A revokation certificat is created but when I tried to import it I
> > always get the following error :
> >
> > $ gpg --import revokation.asc
> > gpg: key KEYID: invalid revocation certificate: general error - rejected
> > gpg: error reading `revokation.asc': general error
> > gpg: import from `revokation.asc' failed: general error
> > gpg: Total number processed: 0
> >
> > What I'm I doing wrong ?
> 
> Nothing.  This is a bug in 1.2.0.  There will be a proper fix soon,
> but in the meantime you can apply this patch.

On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 09:03:15PM -0400, Mike Kolcun wrote:
> Wondering if there is a patch for the windows binary?

There will be a 1.2.1 release for both Windows and Unix fairly soon
that contains the fix.  In the meantime, if you have a copy of an
older GnuPG still around, you can use that to import the revocation
certificate (or send it to a friend with the fix and have them send
you back the revoked key if that is possible).

David

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