I have here a private key that gpg won't import.

~/keystest$ gpg --homedir home --import private2.gpg
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/DEXTER2/jhudson/keystest/home'
gpg: read_block: read error: Invalid packet
gpg: import from 'private2.gpg' failed: Invalid keyring
gpg: Total number processed: 0

The problem with the error message is it's wrong. I have hand verified the packet structure is correct. The file can be imported by https://github.com/mattosaurus/pgpcore (which isn't
where it came from) and the resulting imported key is a working key.

This is a test key file being imported into a test keyring; I don't mind publishing the private key
in entirety.

Apologies for the headerless base64, gpg won't armor the file for me

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No, you don't need a password to open this.


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