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Lock files not compatible between Windows and Linux (invalid size)
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It's a small annoyance but if you copy a GNUPGHOME from Windows to linux you get
errors like it can't start the agent or dirmngr or write the pubring.

Errors are like:
gpg: invalid size of lockfile
'/home/aheinecke/arbeit/gpg4win/validity-testdata/recipientgpghome/gnupg_spawn_dirmngr_sentinel.lock'
gpg: cannot read lockfile
gpg: connecting dirmngr at
'/run/user/1000/gnupg/d.tbunir81mpz7iqw5kgqccmkr/S.dirmngr' failed: Invalid argument

gpg: invalid size of lockfile
'/home/aheinecke/arbeit/gpg4win/validity-testdata/recipientgpghome/pubring.kbx.lock'
gpg: cannot read lockfile
gpg: can't lock
'/home/aheinecke/arbeit/gpg4win/validity-testdata/recipientgpghome/pubring.kbx'
gpg: error writing keyring
'/home/aheinecke/arbeit/gpg4win/validity-testdata/recipientgpghome/pubring.kbx':
Invalid argument

maybe we should just delete invalid size lockfiles?

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• aheinecke added projects: gnupg, Bug Report.Mar 28 2017, 10:53 AM
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bjmgeek awarded a token.Oct 11 2019, 8:15 PM
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bjmgeek added a comment.Oct 11 2019, 8:18 PM

I've also noticed this issue on windows when trying to symlink %APPDATA%\gnupg to $HOME/.gnupg under msys32.

enno added a subscriber: enno.Feb 7 2022, 3:44 PM

Yes, it would be convenient to use the same $GNUPGHOME in Git Bash (using /usr/bin/gpg) as in PowerShell / Cmd (using gpg.exe in %PATH%)

chyen added a subscriber: chyen.Aug 6 2022, 6:17 PM
alexb5dh added a subscriber: alexb5dh.Feb 22 2023, 10:33 AM