On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 07:47:57PM +0200, Gary wrote: >This is really bizarre, even for a crypto related subject. gpg does >not accept the letter "e" in the real name or email address. I don't >know if this is a pure gpg problem or Cygwin related. > >$ gpg --gen-key >gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.9; Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >[snip irrelevant blathering] >Please select what kind of key you want: > (1) DSA and Elgamal (default) > (2) DSA (sign only) > (5) RSA (sign only) >Your selection? 1 >DSA keypair will have 1024 bits. >ELG-E keys may be between 1024 and 4096 bits long. >What keysize do you want? (2048) >Requested keysize is 2048 bits >Please specify how long the key should be valid. > 0 = key does not expire > <n> = key expires in n days > <n>w = key expires in n weeks > <n>m = key expires in n months > <n>y = key expires in n years >Key is valid for? (0) >Key does not expire at all >Is this correct? (y/N) y > >You need a user ID to identify your key; the software constructs the user ID >from the Real Name, Comment and Email Address in this form: > "Heinrich Heine (Der Dichter) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > >Real name: Gary Jons > >Err. What? Where did the "e" in Jones go? It doesn't work. At all. >Even ignoring and continuing, when you get the confirmation of the >data you have entered it is missing the "e" (so it is not something >related to not displaying it just during typing). > >The keyboard works fine in normal shell, and is only screwy with gpg. >I've tried this using rxvt and the standard terminal. German language >notebook keyboard and Windows installation. > >Someone will probably tell me it is a security feature because e is so >common in the English language ;) Seriously though, can anyone >reproduce or give any advice as to solving or workarounds? > >Oh, just for giggles, capital E *does* work.
Missing characters like this are often caused by an .inputrc file with CRLF line endings or other strange characters. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
