Thanks. I was just playing around with a new install. I probably won't even be using gpg. At least not at the moment. Gotta have someone to exchange keys with, right?
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:20 AM, yens <get...@web.de> wrote: > workaround: generate keys interactively on the shell : > >gpg --gen-key > > -- > Cannot create new PGP key with Expiration Date unchecked > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301335 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "seahorse" source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: seahorse > > Create a new PGP Key and fill in the relevant details. Uncheck Expiration > Date. This field is confusingly named, but I know there is already bug about > that. Anyway, I would expect a dialog box allowing you to choose the > expiration date, but there is none. And if you click create and create a > passphrase, the create fails with the text "<big><b>Couldn't generate PGP > key</b></big>". I can definitely create a key if I don't uncheck this box > and set the expiration date after creation. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: amd64 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/seahorse > Package: seahorse 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 > ProcEnviron: > > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: seahorse > Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64 > -- Cannot create new PGP key with Expiration Date unchecked https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301335 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
