"gpg --with-fingerprint $FILE" is not listing the keyfingerprint in some cases

[Fraser Tweedale]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 05:15:57PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> I don't know if this is a bug, or if I am doing something wrong, so I might as
> well ask here. I ran the following command from my terminal, and cannot
> retrieve the fingerprint from the file:
> 
>     $ gpg --output 0xBB065B251FF4945B.gpg --export 0xBB065B251FF4945B
>     $ gpg --with-colons --with-fingerprint 0xBB065B251FF4945B.gpg 
>     pub:-:2048:1:BB065B251FF4945B:2008-07-27:::f:
>     uid:::::::::Daniel T. Hagan <daniel at kickidle.com>:
>     sub:-:2048:1:6BA86443C0C6CDA2:2008-07-27::::
>     sub:-:2048:1:16C018D9B89B420A:2008-07-27::::
> 
> There should exist an "^fpr" line in the output. Compare to:
> 
>     $ gpg --output 0x4713D527ECE16009.gpg --export 0x4713D527ECE16009
>     $ gpg --with-colons --with-fingerprint 0x4713D527ECE16009.gpg 
>     pub:-:1024:17:4713D527ECE16009:2005-06-06:::f:George Hacker (GLS) <ghacker at redhat.com>:
>     fpr:::::::::8BFD3F436366D9820E9EAB2F4713D527ECE16009:
>     uid:::::::::George Hacker <georgeh at axian.com>:
>     uid:::::::::George Hacker <ghacker at axian.com>:
>     uat:::::::::1 2493:
>     sub:-:1024:16:0D94CF6C0C8C2F1B:2005-06-06::::
> 
> Of the 453 keys in my public keyring, this happens on 8 of them (about 2%):
> 
>     0x072DC7442B89BD45
>     0x14774C7B9958256C
>     0x4B2A4897D39DA0E3
>     0x63E42BD8C58C753A
>     0x677A7DE8CC9A6F67
>     0x6FA1B04BB6724E04
>     0x9710B89BCA57AD7C
>     0xBB065B251FF4945B
> 
> Any ideas what is going on?
> 

This behaviour also occurs for me in 2.0.22.  Instead of exporting
the key, you could use --list-keys, which works for me:

    % gpg2 --with-colons --with-fingerprint --list-keys 0xBB065B251FF4945B
    tru::1:1400030831:0:3:1:5
    pub:-:2048:1:BB065B251FF4945B:1217137867:::-:::scESC:
    rvk:::1::::::F7701DA413DC6B981706EF5314774C7B9958256C:80:
    fpr:::::::::F630376527F0512BF2A661DDBB065B251FF4945B:
    uid:-::::1364072645::12B7BA95C2486E8FE4309E7A9A64799703020225::Daniel T. Hagan <daniel at kickidle.com>:
    sub:-:2048:1:6BA86443C0C6CDA2:1217137868::::::e:
    sub:-:2048:1:16C018D9B89B420A:1217137868::::::s:

Cheers,

Fraser

> Thanks,
> 
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