I assume you are using a Windows 8 or higher. I already reported that on another message in this same list. For some reason, making a passphrase protected key makes GPG Agent crash.
On 2015-08-31 at 07:49, Zero0 wrote: > I cleared the AppData and registry, installed > https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/binary/gnupg-w32-2.1.7_20150811.exe to > D:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG, started the command prompt, typed "gpg > --full-gen-key --expert" and get an EOF error after I entered the password. > gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.7; Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > Please select what kind of key you want: > (1) RSA and RSA (default) > (2) DSA and Elgamal > (3) DSA (sign only) > (4) RSA (sign only) > (7) DSA (set your own capabilities) > (8) RSA (set your own capabilities) > (9) ECC and ECC > (10) ECC (sign only) > (11) ECC (set your own capabilities) > Your selection? 9 > Please select which elliptic curve you want: > (2) NIST P-256 > (3) NIST P-384 > (4) NIST P-521 > (5) Brainpool P-256 > (6) Brainpool P-384 > (7) Brainpool P-512 > Your selection? 2 > 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) 4y > Key expires at 08/30/19 12:23:32 China Standard Time > Is this correct? (y/N) y > GnuPG needs to construct a user ID to identify your key. > Real name: Anonymous > Email address: a...@example.com > Comment: > You selected this USER-ID: > "Anonymous <a...@example.com>" > Change (N)ame, (C)omment, (E)mail or (O)kay/(Q)uit? o > We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform > some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the > disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number > generator a better chance to gain enough entropy. > gpg: agent_genkey failed: End of file > Key generation failed: End of file > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > -- Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez GPG Keyfingerprint: 5A91 90D4 CF27 9D52 D62A BC58 88E2 947F 9BC6 B3CF
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