Bug#836458: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#836458: Cannot edit key stored with an empty passphrase

2017-02-18 Thread Yuri D'Elia
On Sat, Sep 03 2016, Werner Koch wrote: > I just tried this: > > gpg --edit-key some_key_with_no_passphrase > > At the prompt, I set a new passphrase using the "passwd" command. A bit > annoying is that you need to repeat it for the subkey. Next I used > "passwd" again and entered an empty

Bug#836458: [pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#836458: Cannot edit key stored with an empty passphrase

2016-09-03 Thread Werner Koch
On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 13:46, wav...@thregr.org said: > gnupg2 seems to think best that empty passphrases should be abolished. No, it does not think so. In fact I often create keys w/o a passphrase. > - attempting to use the key prompts for a passphrase, even though entering an > empty one is