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pubring.gpg was renamed into pubring.gpg.tmp
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I am using gnupg on ubuntu 10.10 (with seahorse and evolution). today the file
pubring.gpg was renamed into pubring.gpg.tmp after booting without a reason. i
didn't do any changes to a key or get a new public key.

only after renaming the file back (and deleting the pubring.gpg with 0KB) gnupg
was usable again.

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Version
1.4.10

Event Timeline

jo-master set Version to 1.4.10.Apr 13 2011, 8:34 AM
jo-master added projects: gnupg, Bug Report.
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• werner added a project: Not A Bug.Apr 13 2011, 3:51 PM
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This due to a system crash or a disk problem (out of space). GPG uses a
copy,change,rename scheme for any updates of a keyring file. If a problem
occurs the old keyring is still available as .tmp file. If there was a disk or
permission problem, gpg even tells you about this backup file.

• werner closed this task as Resolved.Apr 13 2011, 3:51 PM
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jo-master added a comment.Apr 13 2011, 4:23 PM

there was no crash or disc problem. also logs are clean. only ram+swap was a few
times nearly full (so perhaps not enough for gnupg). why gnupg don't reports
problems to syslog?

jo-master reopened this task as Open.Apr 13 2011, 4:23 PM
• werner added a comment.Apr 18 2011, 11:24 AM

Because it is a user program and not a daemon.

• werner closed this task as Resolved.Apr 18 2011, 11:24 AM