import of GPG key doesn't work and doesn't give an error message

[Robert J. Hansen]

> It won't be listed by --list-keys and doesn't give an error message.

It does, in fact.

rjh at sarah ~ % gpg --recv-keys 0x020898F03962F8B76B42D9F1E805C860F0E3CCB5 
--verbose
gpg: Note: '--verbose' is not considered an option
gpg: "--verbose" not a key ID: skipping
gpg: key E805C860F0E3CCB5: no user ID
gpg: Total number processed: 1

"--verbose" needs to come before any commands. That's why you're not 
seeing verbose output.

The reason why you're not importing the certificate is because the 
certificate is corrupt or malformed.  According to the OpenPGP 
specification, a certificate must have at least one user ID.  This 
certificate has no user IDs, which means it's garbage data and GnuPG is 
doing the right thing by not importing a corrupt or malformed certificate.

Hope this helps!
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