import key failure, apparent bug

[john doe]

On 5/28/26 19:55, Joshua Hudson via Gnupg-users wrote:
> I have here a private key that gpg won't import.
> 
> ~/keystest$ gpg --homedir home --import private2.gpg
> gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/DEXTER2/jhudson/ 
> keystest/home'
> gpg: read_block: read error: Invalid packet
> gpg: import from 'private2.gpg' failed: Invalid keyring
> gpg: Total number processed: 0
> 
> The problem with the error message is it's wrong. I have hand verified 
> the packet structure
> is correct. The file can be imported by https://github.com/mattosaurus/ 
> pgpcore (which isn't
> where it came from) and the resulting imported key is a working key.
> 
> This is a test key file being imported into a test keyring; I don't mind 
> publishing the private key
> in entirety.
> 
> Apologies for the headerless base64, gpg won't armor the file for me
> 

So you have twoerrors with the gpg installation that you have..

How did you install it and what version is this?

-- 
John Doe