I lost my public key! :(

[Brian Minton]

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On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:33:44PM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
> Unlike many "lost key" situations, you're not completely out of
> luck.  All OpenPGP secret keys have a copy of the public key
> inside them, and in a worst-case scenario, you can create
> yourself a new public key using the secret key.  Some versions
> of PGP, in fact, do this automatically when you import a secret
> key.

ok, I tried this, and not only did it fail, it crashed gnupg
1.2.0 and pgp freeware version 6.5.8ckt Build: 08... attached is
what gpg did (the passphrase is: test key) the -vv or
--list-all-packets options didn't give any more information

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minton@bminton:~/tmp$ cat test-key.asc
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Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux)

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ObmBsthEMg==
=9MrS
-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----
minton@bminton:~/tmp$ cat test.asc
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ZfCtvu0Lz8J/lxhfWekhUNpGBL7gbzgpYdiQu86OHeylRFug4XWnktXajGDSoKrd
RQ==
=JaeO
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minton@bminton:~/tmp$ gpg test.asc
gpg: key 7683BD72: secret key without public key - skipped
gpg: encrypted with ELG-E key, ID B7A23BA5
gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available
minton@bminton:~/tmp$ gpg --try-all-secrets test.asc
gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key 731C0B62 ...

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Brian Minton <minton@csc.smsu.edu>"
1184-bit ELG-E key, ID 731C0B62, created 2000-05-15

Enter passphrase: 
                  
gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key 35EB95DF ...

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Brian Minton <bminton@efn.org>"
1152-bit ELG-E key, ID 35EB95DF, created 2000-08-30

Enter passphrase: 
                  
gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key 22D4701E ...

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Brian Minton (expiremental key, please don't use for general email) <bminton@bminton.dyn.cheapnet.net>"
832-bit ELG-E key, ID 22D4701E, created 2000-12-02

Enter passphrase: 
                  
gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key 20CBA5BB ...

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "Brian Minton <bminton@efn.org>"
1152-bit ELG-E key, ID 20CBA5BB, created 2001-10-27

Enter passphrase: 
                  
gpg: anonymous recipient; trying secret key B7A23BA5 ...

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "[User id not found]"

Enter passphrase: 
                  
gpg: oops: public key not found for preference check

gpg: Segmentation fault caught ... exiting
Segmentation fault
minton@bminton:~/tmp$ exit

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