From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org>
Cc: 9255@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9255: Obscure epa-file error message
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:49:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvty9sk4ag.fsf-monnier+INBOX@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3d3ggpt0e.fsf-ueno@unixuser.org> (Daiki Ueno's message of "Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:54:41 +0900")
>> Opening output file: Encrypt failed: ((exit) (invalid-recipient (reason
>> . 0) (requested-recipient . "36DB083C608CC24C")))
>>
>> It turns out the problem was simply that my encryption key was expired.
>> Could someone figure out how to get a more helpful error message?
> I guess you won't get any further information even if you call gpg from
> the command line:
> $ gpg --encrypt -r A6CC6651 test.txt
> gpg: A6CC6651: skipped: unusable public key
> gpg: test.txt: encryption failed: unusable public key
It's not great, but "unusable public key" is a good improvement over
"Opening output file: Encrypt failed: ((exit) (invalid-recipient (reason
. 0) (requested-recipient . "36DB083C608CC24C")))"
I guess "invalid-recipient" does mean the same as "unusable public key"
at some level, but to this end user "unusable public key" is a lot
more clear.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-08 2:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-06 3:21 bug#9255: Obscure epa-file error message Stefan Monnier
2011-08-08 1:54 ` Daiki Ueno
2011-08-08 2:49 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2011-08-08 7:16 ` Daiki Ueno
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