[Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#640241: gnupg: secret key without public key - skipped

[Paul Menzel]

severity 640241 normal
quit


Dear Debian folks,


Am Samstag, den 03.09.2011, 16:48 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel:
> Package: gnupg
> Version: 1.4.11-3
> Severity: important

> today I noticed that Evolution does not sign or decrypt my messages
> anymore.
> 
> Trying it manually with `gpg` I got the same error.
> 
>         $ LANG=C gpg --decrypt /tmp/test.mbox
>         gpg: key 5DD5BC10: secret key without public key - skipped
>         gpg: encrypted with RSA key, ID 52B5DBC4
>         gpg: encrypted with RSA key, ID D279328D
>         gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
> 
> I have not uploaded the key to a key server. But is also happens with my
> key which is uploaded to a key server and why this message is not
> signed.
> 
> It stopped working today after I believe the system froze and I am not
> aware that any related packages were upgraded. Can the keyring be
> corrupted when the system freezes and is (cold) resetted?
> 
> How can I check the integrity of my keyring?

Looking further into this, the keyrings looked like this.

        $ ls -l ~/.gnupg/
        …       0  3. Sep 10:55 pubring.gpg
        … 3783194 23. Aug 22:57 pubring.gpg~
        … 3783194  3. Sep 10:55 pubring.gpg.tmp

`mv pubring.gpg.tmp pubring.gpg` solved the issue for me (also suggested
on IRC). Therefore I am setting the severity of this report to »normal«.

The question now is: “What program created `pubring.gpg.tmp` at 10:55
when the system froze (probably unrelated)?”.


Thanks,

Paul
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