Error: MPI larger than indicated length

[David Shaw]

On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 09:19:17PM +0200, Ben Branders wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> Today I wanted to do an update of the public keys in my list via Enigmail
> (Refresh all public keys). I got this message:
> 
> > gpg: MPI larger than indicated length (2 bytes)
> > gpg: keyring_get_keyblock: read error: invalid packet
> > gpg: keydb_get_keygblock failed: invalid keyring
> 
> I thought this was because I upgraded my Slackware Linux to another GCC
> version so I recompiled GnuPG. Same problem.
> 
> Enigmail Keymanagement doesn't show any keys, not even the private ones.
> 
> Please inform me what I should do to fix this.

I don't think anyone here can help you without knowing what version of
GnuPG you're talking about.

David