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"gpg --card-status" does not add any entries to the private key ring
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ikarisan set Version to 2.1.17.
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Hi!

I am using a GPG smartcard and a YubiKeyNEO. And with GnuPG 2.0.xx it was
possible to
add the private keys' reference (on the card) to the keyring by calling:

gpg --card-edit

fetch

gpg --card-status

But now with GnuPG 2.1.17 this seems no longer be possible.
After fetching the public key for the card and calling "gpg --card-status"
the keys
are listed as public keys only but not as private keys. So I cannot set
their trust
level to ultimate or use them to encrypt my mails. :(

gpg --card-status

Reader ...........: SCM Microsystems Inc. SCR33x USB Smart Card Reader 0
Application ID ...: D2760001240102000000000000020000
Version ..........: 2.0
Manufacturer .....: test card
Serial number ....: 00000002
Name of cardholder: Thorsten Reichelt
Language prefs ...: de
Sex ..............: männlich
URL of public key : http://pgp.kleiner-androide.de/0xCCF6EF60.asc
Login data .......: shinji
Signature PIN ....: nicht zwingend
Key attributes ...: rsa2048 rsa2048 rsa2048
Max. PIN lengths .: 127 127 127
PIN retry
counter : 3 3 3
Signature counter : 26
Signature key ....: 2545 D3E3 0C41 32EE 3A25 B663 5892 4EF3 CCF6 EF60

created ....: 2016-10-15 21:20:40

Encryption key....: BAE5 99FF 4F3D AB19 60C0 B0B8 0984 52C3 1AFA A499

created ....: 2016-10-15 21:20:40

Authentication key: 9293 BD4E 9BD9 CCC9 6221 8AB0 0E98 95D4 E7AD 8B07

created ....: 2016-10-15 21:23:09

General key info..: pub rsa2048/58924EF3CCF6EF60 2016-10-15 Thorsten
Reichelt
<XXXXXX@thorsten-reichelt.de>
sec# rsa2048/58924EF3CCF6EF60 erzeugt: 2016-10-15 verfällt: niemals
ssb# rsa2048/098452C31AFAA499 erzeugt: 2016-10-15 verfällt: niemals
ssb# rsa2048/0E9895D4E7AD8B07 erzeugt: 2016-10-15 verfällt: niemals

gpg -K

gpg -k

C:/Users/shinji/AppData/Roaming/gnupg/pubring.kbx

pub rsa2048 2016-10-15 [SC]

2545D3E30C4132EE3A25B66358924EF3CCF6EF60

uid [ unbekannt ] Thorsten Reichelt <XXXXXXX@thorsten-reichelt.de>
sub rsa2048 2016-10-15 [E]
sub rsa2048 2016-10-15 [A]

Yet another Yubikey think, I'll better a a keyword for this.

This bug is not reproducible for me. I don't think it is Yubikey specific.
I suspect some failure for the transition from 2.0 to 2.1.
In GnuPG 2.1 the private keys are stored under the directory gnupg/private-keys-v1.d.
Do you have this directory?
How does it goes when you prepare another directory and specify that?
I mean:

mkdir SOME-NEW-DIRECTORY
gpg --homedir=SOME-NEW-DIRECTORY --card-status

Or do you have right permission for creating directory at C:/Users/shinji/AppData/Roaming/gnupg?
You should have C:/Users/shinji/AppData/Roaming/gnupg/private-keys-v1.d.
If you have right permission, gpg-agent automatically create that directory.