Orphaned secret subkeys

[Sebastien Chassot]

On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 04:37 +0100, Nikola Lečić wrote:
> Sebastien, thank you for the reply.
> 
> That's exactly why I asked: I can't do this. :-) It seems that GnuPG
> always wants me to return to the public ring:
> 

OK, I misunderstood your question.

 
> %gpg --edit-key 7B063EAA
> [...]
> Secret key is available.
> 
> [...]
> Command> toggle  
> 
> sec  2048R/7B063EAA  created: 2008-01-30  expires: never     
> ssb  1024R/35E8152C  created: 2008-01-30  expires: never
> ssb  2048R/AE444AB1  created: 2008-01-30  expires: never
> ssb  1024g/FA352C19  created: 2008-01-30  expires: never    <--- orphan
> ssb  1024R/44EDC121  created: 2008-01-30  expires: never    <--- orphan
> ssb  2048R/C0AD5BE4  created: 2008-01-30  expires: never
> 
> Command> key 4
> ...
> ssb* 1024R/44EDC121  created: 2008-01-30  expires: never
> ...
> Command> delkey
> Please use the command "toggle" first.
> 
> Command> 

Have you try to recreate and re-import your full public keyring and
delete your secret subkey first? 

It's just an idea to solve your problem but I can't help you find out an
explanation.