Bug#634930: gpa: GPA unusable due to "General Assuan error"

[Daniel Leidert]

CCing gpa-dev
BCCing affected users

Am Sonntag, den 08.07.2012, 02:39 +0000 schrieb mnmnmnmn at tormail.org:
> I have found that the problem is the expired X.509 certificates.

How did you find out?

> Here is my easy workaround to solve this bug.
> 
> 1. Remove the file where the X.509 certificates are stored.
> 
> rm usr/share/gnupg2/com-certs.pem

Instead of removing this file can you please try the option:
--disable-x509 instead?

> 2. Remove your gnupg configuration folder.
> 
> rm home/benutzer/.gnupg/

Is the second step really necessary?

> That's all. Should work for every version. Enjoy.

It works locally without removing this file. [1] proves this too.

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=634930#45

Regards, Daniel