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[Werner Koch]

Dave Harvill <dlh@zns.acu.cs.umb.edu> writes:

> I frequently get an error(?) in the following format:
> 
> gpg: key XXXXXXXX: no valid user ids

There are no (valid) user IDs associated with the key.  GnuPG requires
at least one user ID for a key.

> gpg: this may be caused by a missing self-signature

The usual reason for a non-valid user ID is that the user ID has not
been signed by the holder of the key (aka self-signature).  The latest
release has a workaround to allow at least the import of such a key:
use the option --allow-non-selfsigned-uid


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