On 17 Nov 2024, at 09:54, Marco Moock via Gnupg-users <gnupg-users@gnupg.org> wrote: > > Am 17.11.2024 um 09:14:47 Uhr schrieb Andrew Gallagher: > >> A question to both Robert and Marco: >> Where did you get your gnupg(s) from? > > Debian repo, currently experimental.
OK, that would explain why Robert gets an error message and you don’t. If you don’t have a copy of the key already, then the key is unusable without the userid. The difference is that Robert’s gnupg rejects the downloaded (userid-less) key out of hand, while yours tries to merge it with any existing local copy first, which doesn’t generate the same error message. But without a userid it will still get discarded. Changing keyserver should fix the issue in any case. >> In the above transcript it looks like it is querying >> keys.openpgp.org, which sometimes distributes keys without userids. > > Is there a special reason for that? Excessively-cautious interpretation of GDPR. keys.openpgp.org relies on explicit consent before publishing userids, while other keyservers rely on public interest. A _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
