Bug: Unusable key

[Per Tunedal Casual]

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Hi,
reply below:
At 22:11 2004-02-05, you wrote:
 >David Shaw wrote:
 >
 >>Even if the error list was only printed if there were no usable
 >>(sub)keys at all, over time the list would just get longer and longer.
 >
 >Are there really users who add periodically a new encryption subkey to their
 >keyring and so build up a large list of revoked keys?

Yes, it's recommended in the PGP-manual to regularely change encryptions
keys but keep the signing key. Motivation: you don't loose your signatures
as if you create a completely new key.

That's what I intended to do with the key I had trouble with ...

 >
 >Anyway, an error message that just prints something like "all encryption
 >keys in this key are revoked or expired" would suffice in this case.
 >

I agree.


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