invalid trustdb error

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Tue Apr 8 17:13:02 2003


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On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 12:49:26PM -0500, Andrew Stout wrote:

> I've looked in my .gnupg directory and see the file named
> trustdb.gpg with a date on it AFTER the crash.  It is an empty file,
> however (zero bytes).  I also see a file named trustdb.gpg.lock with
> a date well before the date (a couple years ago, when I first
> started using GPG) When I look at this file with a text editor I see
> just a few blank spaces and some numbers (768 maybe?).  Don't know
> if this second file has anything to do with it.

Delete both, and GnuPG will create a new, good, trustdb the next time
it runs.  A zero-length trustdb has no data in it you can save anyway.

David
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