From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daiki Ueno Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9255: Obscure epa-file error message Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:54:41 +0900 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1312768515 15063 80.91.229.12 (8 Aug 2011 01:55:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 01:55:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9255@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 08 03:55:09 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QqF3b-0006b2-RC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:55:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55733 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqF3b-0008SP-0L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:55:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41563) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqF3Y-0008Ox-3j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:55:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqF3X-0004CR-0R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:55:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:42285) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqF3W-0004CL-Ok for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:55:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QqF4T-0001uP-UZ; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:56:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Daiki Ueno Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:56:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9255 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9255-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9255.13127685567325 (code B ref 9255); Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:56:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9255) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Aug 2011 01:55:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QqF4O-0001u6-IQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:55:56 -0400 Original-Received: from ivory4.scn-net.ne.jp ([219.117.176.192]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QqF4L-0001tw-79 for 9255@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:55:54 -0400 Original-Received: from ([192.168.0.187]) (envelope sender: ) by ivory4.scn-net.ne.jp with Active!Hunter esmtp server; Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:54:50 +0900 Original-Received: Received: from well-done.deisui.org (g187018.scn-net.ne.jp [202.83.187.18]) (authenticated) by blue17.scn-net.ne.jp (unknown) with ESMTP id p781snL2001384; Mon, 8 Aug 2011 10:54:49 +0900 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:21:43 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:56:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:49944 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > 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 where A6CC6651 is my expired public key. BTW, gnupg/doc/DETAILS specifies that INV_RECP status should accompany a reason code 4 for expired keys, but currently it is 0 ("No specific reason given"). I'll file a bug against GnuPG.