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bug#9255: Obscure epa-file error message
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#9255: Obscure epa-file error message |
Date: |
Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:49:47 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> Opening output file: Encrypt failed: ((exit) (invalid-recipient (reason
>> . 0) (requested-recipient . "36DB083C608CC24C")))
>>
>> It turns out the problem was simply that my encryption key was expired.
>> Could someone figure out how to get a more helpful error message?
> I guess you won't get any further information even if you call gpg from
> the command line:
> $ gpg --encrypt -r A6CC6651 test.txt
> gpg: A6CC6651: skipped: unusable public key
> gpg: test.txt: encryption failed: unusable public key
It's not great, but "unusable public key" is a good improvement over
"Opening output file: Encrypt failed: ((exit) (invalid-recipient (reason
. 0) (requested-recipient . "36DB083C608CC24C")))"
I guess "invalid-recipient" does mean the same as "unusable public key"
at some level, but to this end user "unusable public key" is a lot
more clear.
Stefan