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Package: gnupg
Version: 1.4.10-4
Severity: minor
I wanted to update the expire time of a subkey and i couldn't select it.
in the man page :
key n Toggle selection of subkey with index n. Use 0 to deselect all.
in the help from commandline :
key select subkey N
the problem is that the N is not precise enough. One could ask 'Is that the key
id ?'
worse, if you enter something like
key FB32E9CF
it wont print out a message, it will happily display the keys, as if it was
working.
the correct command would be
key 1
if you enter
key 1A0C62FA
it does the same thing, taking the first 1 only in account.
here is a description i'd like in the man page
key N where N is the subkey's index.
e.g. if the subkey whose validity you want to extend is the first listed
subkey, or if it is the only listed subkey, then the command would be
Command> key 1
this will put a * after the word sub, indicating that this particular
subkey has been selected.
and the online help :
key select subkey N (eg: key 1. the selected key will be marked with an
*)
thanks
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (550, 'stable'), (449,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35.4.2.6.35.4-3-ws.2010.09.14 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnupg depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.8.4 Debian package management system
ii gpgv 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - signature veri
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-16 userspace USB programming library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gnupg recommends:
pn gnupg-curl <none> (no description available)
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.23-4 OpenLDAP libraries
Versions of packages gnupg suggests:
pn gnupg-doc <none> (no description available)
ii imagemagick 8:6.6.0.4-2.2 image manipulation programs
ii libpcsclite1 1.5.5-3 Middleware to access a smart card
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.1.10-1
On 2011-01-17 xavier renaut
<xavier.reportbug-debian.gpg.natch.2011.01.17.12.23...@pecos.8d.com> wrote:
> Package: gnupg
> Version: 1.4.10-4
> Severity: minor
> I wanted to update the expire time of a subkey and i couldn't select it.
> in the man page :
> key n Toggle selection of subkey with index n. Use 0 to deselect all.
> in the help from commandline :
> key select subkey N
> the problem is that the N is not precise enough. One could ask 'Is that the
> key id ?'
> worse, if you enter something like
> key FB32E9CF
> it wont print out a message, it will happily display the keys, as if it was
> working.
> the correct command would be
> key 1
> if you enter
> key 1A0C62FA
> it does the same thing, taking the first 1 only in account.
> here is a description i'd like in the man page
> key N where N is the subkey's index.
> e.g. if the subkey whose validity you want to extend is the first listed
> subkey, or if it is the only listed subkey, then the command would be
> Command> key 1
> this will put a * after the word sub, indicating that this particular
> subkey has been selected.
> and the online help :
> key select subkey N (eg: key 1. the selected key will be marked with
> an *)
> thanks
0b86c7463c8c057496b38e06c00f0ae4288dad49
Author: Neal H. Walfield <[email protected]> 2015-11-17 21:21:03
Committer: Neal H. Walfield <[email protected]> 2015-11-17 21:23:16
Parent: 1e3dbb15affd6d75a477aa17715d8e5470988c08 (dirmngr: Fix specifying
keyservers by IP address.)
Child: 84ebf15b06e435453b2f58775f97a3a1c61a7e55 (tools: Fix option parsing for
gpg-zip.)
Branches: STABLE-BRANCH-2-2, master, remotes/origin/STABLE-BRANCH-2-2 and many
more (84)
Follows: gnupg-2.1.9
Precedes: gnupg-2.1.10
gpg: Allow selecting subkeys using a keyid.
* g10/keyedit.c (menu_select_key): Take an additional argument, p.
Update callers. If P is a hex string, then assume that P is a key id
or fingerprint and select subkeys with matching key ids or
fingerprints.
* doc/gpg.texi: Update documentation for the key subcommand.
--
Signed-off-by: Neal H. Walfield <[email protected]>
GnuPG-bug-id: 1423
Debian-bug-id: 610336
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