C:\Users\Johannes>gpg --output revoke.asc --gen-revoke
"Y:\OpenPGP\kingma_at_bluewin_ch.gpg"
gpg: secret key "Y:\\OpenPGP\\kingma_at_bluewin_ch.gpg" not found: Unknown
system error
The error needs to be a bit more explicit than this.
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- gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.27 (Gpg4win 2.2.4)
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- rG46e128d44a04: gpg: Improve an error message.
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The error has change in 2.1 to:
gpg: secret key "foo.gpg" not found: Not found
(i.e., it doesn't say Unknown system error any more.)
The fundamental issue is that the argument to --gen-revoke is not a filename,
but a user id (e.g., the key id). I've accordingly change the error message in
46e128d as follows:
$ gpg2 --output revoke.asc --gen-revoke foo.gpg gpg: no secret key matches the search term "foo.gpg"