Are all the UIDs on a key supposed to be equal?

[David Shaw]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 09:08:27PM +0000, Adam Funk wrote:
> Are all the user-ids (combinations of name, e-mail address and comment) 
> equal, or can one be the "primary" one?
> 
> I started to generate a new key because the old has several obsolete 
> e-mail addresses in the UIDs.  I gave my "main" e-mail address and 
> comment in response to the "gpg --gen-key" prompts, then used "gpg 
> --edit-key" to add UIDs.  When I then listed the key, they were out of 
> order.  I had been under the impression (maybe it was just coincidence 
> with my previous key) that the first UID is the main one.

No, you generally designate the UID you want to be primary by using
the --edit-key command "primary".  If you don't pick one, then the
primary is assumed to be the most recently added UID.

David