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gnupg seems to fail to create its ~/.gnupg home directory when it doesn't exist
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Description

Release: 1.2.6

Environment

CRUX {i686,PPC} GNU/Linux 2.0
Linux 2.6.8.1
{i686-pc,powerpc-unknown}-gnu-linux
glibc-2.3.3

Description

gnupg seems to fail to create its ~/.gnupg home directory when it doesn't exist.

ncrfgs@ncrfgs2:~$ gpg --gen-key
gpg (GnuPG) 1.2.6; Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for details.

gpg: failed to create temporary file `/home/ncrfgs/.gnupg/.#lk0x80ef01c.ncrfgs2.8325': No such file or directory
gpg: keyblock resource `/home/ncrfgs/.gnupg/secring.gpg': general error
gpg: failed to create temporary file `/home/ncrfgs/.gnupg/.#lk0x80ef01c.ncrfgs2.8325': No such file or directory
gpg: keyblock resource `/home/ncrfgs/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': general error
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How To Repeat

gpg --gen-key

Fix

Unknown