On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 02:07:27AM +0300, Oskar L. wrote: > Werner wrote: > > When importing a secret key into a keyring without a public key, a > > public key is created from the secret key. Due to historic reasons > > the self-signature on the secret key is a different one than the one > > created with the public key. How when importing the public key a new > > signature will be added and gpg is not able to detects this. This > > won't harm because the signatures are effectively identically although > > not bit wise. > > So why do I also get a second self-signature when I first import the > public key and then the secret key? Surely some kind of secret key can't > be created from the public key?
No, it's the other way around. The public key can be created from the secret key. What you are seeing with the second self-signature is a historical oddity. In the past, keys were generated with two different self-signatures - one on the secret key and one on the public key. You are just seeing them both. Newer keys are generated with a single self signature so you only see one. > Also, when I delete secring.gpg, why is it recreated when I import a > pubic key? It's recreated empty as a placeholder. David _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
