Re: gpg --gen-key fails with "invalid packet (c2b=2d)" using gpg4win-1.1.1 and XP Pro

2007-07-12 Thread Werner Koch
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > That was exactly the issue - after moving pubring.gpg and secring.gpg to > a backup directory, key generation works fine. Would it be worth > modifying the code so that it checks for existence of these files and > asks for permission to overwri

Re: gpg --gen-key fails with "invalid packet (c2b=2d)" using gpg4win-1.1.1 and XP Pro

2007-07-11 Thread Werner Koch
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > When I run at a Command Prompt gpg --gen-key, I get (after a bunch of > +^.> characters and two messages saying to type to generate random > bytes): > >gpg: [don't know]: invalid packet (ctb=2d) Please check your pubring.gpg and secring.gpg

RE: gpg --gen-key fails with "invalid packet (c2b=2d)" using gpg4win-1.1.1 and XP Pro

2007-07-11 Thread Parsavand, Dara
Thanks Werner, That was exactly the issue - after moving pubring.gpg and secring.gpg to a backup directory, key generation works fine. Would it be worth modifying the code so that it checks for existence of these files and asks for permission to overwrite them or simply exits with a message sayin

gpg --gen-key fails with "invalid packet (c2b=2d)" using gpg4win-1.1.1 and XP Pro

2007-07-10 Thread Parsavand, Dara
I tried searching this list and found a few others having problems with key generation, but I haven't figured out the solution for me. I've tried downloading GnuPG for windows by itself (gnupg-w32cli-1.4.7.exe) as well as part of the latest gpg4win package. Trying to generate a new key by using G