* martin f krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021016 08:52]: > i regularly get mails alerting me of my expired GPG key. but i have > a new (sub-)key uploaded to the keyservers since the day the old > expired. now i do realize that everyone who obtained my key from the > keyservers last year has that one stored, and GPG doesn't re-get a key > from the keyservers if it's in the local keyring already. > > but i can't be the only one, and this has to be solved. why doesn't > gpg try to see if there's a new version of an expired key on the > keyserver before complaining that it's expired?
Even better would be that gpg could re-fetch keys every so often even if they haven't expired, to get new signatures, revocations, etc. That's probably a worthy wishlist item. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
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