Re: Unhelpful error message while attempting to generate key pair

2023-09-14 Thread Alan Mackenzie via Gnupg-users
Hello, Werner, Thanks for such a fast and helpful answer to my post. But I'd like to apologise for the tone of my first post, which came out rather rude, something I hadn't intended. On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 15:53:48 +0200, Werner Koch wrote: > On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:48, Alan Mackenzie said: > >

[PATCH gnupg] gpg: Add --list-filter properties sig_expires/sig_expires_d

2023-09-14 Thread Robin Hugh Johnson via Gnupg-users
From: "Robin H. Johnson" Modelled after key_expires/key_expires_d. This should be useful to detect upcoming certification expiry, so the certifications can be renewed in advance of the expiry. Signed-off-by: Robin H. Johnson --- doc/gpg.texi | 6 ++ g10/import.c | 14 ++ 2 fi

Re: Unhelpful error message while attempting to generate key pair

2023-09-14 Thread Werner Koch via Gnupg-users
On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:48, Alan Mackenzie said: > I type > > $ gpg --gen-key Use gpg -v --gen-key to see more warning. > agent_genkey failed: Timeout Look like a problem with your pinentry. Did it show up on another screen? The "-v" should tell you which pinentry was invoked; sha

Unhelpful error message while attempting to generate key pair

2023-09-14 Thread Alan Mackenzie via Gnupg-users
Hello, gpg. I'm trying to use gpg-2.2.41 on an up to date Gentoo GNU/Linux system. I type $ gpg --gen-key , answer the questions about my name and email address, then wait ..., and wait, ... and wait. Finally a half error message appears: agent_genkey failed: Timeout , followed by a