[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#638619: Bug#638619: Bug#638619: Bug#638619: Misleading "gpg: Ohhhh jeeee: no decrypt() for 17" message from gpg when trying to decrypt a file without the public key being imported

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Mon May 18 15:40:19 UTC 2015


On Mon, 18 May 2015 04:15, gniibe at fsij.org said:

> gpg: public key decryption failed: public key not found
> gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
> -------------------------------------
>
> I think that the message would be confusing for a user a bit (as it

Right, and this gives us a hint that the error is due to a special key.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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