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gen-revoke: Unable to change reason for revocation.
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Description

Release: 1.2.1

Environment

Linux (RedHat 8)

Description

When generating a revocation certificate for a key:

gpg --output revoke.asc --gen-revoke UID

One gets to select the reason for revoking, then enter an optional description. After entering a description select 'n' for the "Is this okay?" prompt. This returns one to the entering description option AFTER printing both the "Select reason" and "enter description" text.

This adds a level of confusion that one can't change the reason for revoking, just the description -- even though it looks like you can change the reason.

How To Repeat

The exact text I enter is:

gpg --output revoke.asc --gen-revoke UID
y
1
blah.
 
n

Fix

Unknown - either not print the additional text asking for the reason to revoke, or allow the reason to be changed too.