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

[Nori Heikkinen]

on Mon, 17 Feb 2003 07:48:49AM -0500, David Shaw insinuated:
> 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.

so simple -- of course.  i'd forgotten to delete the old directory
with the corrupt keys.  :)

thanks!

</nori>

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