gpg: waiting for lock (held by 1529 - probably dead)?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I'm back and updating my key for new email accounts after a long absence. But am running a problem and getting the following error. I did a Google search but didn't find anything yet. Could someone please explain what the error means? And, if

GPG 2.0.8 compilation: ok, execution: error

Hi, I am trying to compile GPG 2.0.8 on my Mac. The compilation itself seemed to work flawlessly, but p.ex. upon decrypting a text, I get following error: MacBook:bin foo$ ./gpg2 --homedir=/Users/foo/.gnupg/ -d /Users/foo/some-encrypted-file.gpg You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key f