gpg barfing on system on which i don't use it

[David Shaw]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 07:21:11PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> upon reinstatement of my new key, all is well on my own computer.
> however, when i try to read gpg-signed messages on a server where i'm
> not storing my key, i get the following output (about 6 or 10k worth
> of it):
> 
> gpg: Signature made Sun Feb 16 18:49:49 2003 EST using DSA key ID 0D4D97EB
> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=00)
> gpg: read_keyblock: read error: invalid packet
> gpg: enum_keyblocks failed: invalid keyring
> gpg: requesting key 0D4D97EB from wwwkeys.us.pgp.net ...
> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=00)
> gpg: read_keyblock: read error: invalid packet
> gpg: enum_keyblocks failed: invalid keyring
> gpg: key 0D4D97EB: public key imported  
> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=00)
> gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=00)
> 
> the last two lines are repeated FOREVER.
> 
> what is this output about?  and how can i get rid of it?

Your public keyring is not in public keyring form.  Corrupt, perhaps.

David

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