Cannot create new PGP key with Expiration Date unchecked

[John Watts]

Binary package hint: seahorse

Create a new PGP Key and fill in the relevant details. Uncheck Expiration Date. This field is confusingly named, but I know there is already bug about that. Anyway, I would expect a dialog box allowing you to choose the expiration date, but there is none. And if you click create and create a passphrase, the create fails with the text "<big><b>Couldn't generate PGP key</b></big>". I can definitely create a key if I don't uncheck this box and set the expiration date after creation.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/seahorse
Package: seahorse 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: seahorse
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64

[Jens Getreu (getreu)]

I experienced the same problem.

[Jens Getreu (getreu)]

workaround: generate keys interactively on the shell :
>gpg --gen-key

[John Watts (john-watts)]

Thanks. I was just playing around with a new install. I probably won't even
be using gpg. At least not at the moment. Gotta have someone to exchange
keys with, right?

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:20 AM, yens <email address hidden> wrote:

> workaround: generate keys interactively on the shell :
> >gpg --gen-key
>
> --
> Cannot create new PGP key with Expiration Date unchecked
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301335
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "seahorse" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: seahorse
>
> Create a new PGP Key and fill in the relevant details. Uncheck Expiration
> Date. This field is confusingly named, but I know there is already bug about
> that. Anyway, I would expect a dialog box allowing you to choose the
> expiration date, but there is none. And if you click create and create a
> passphrase, the create fails with the text "<big><b>Couldn't generate PGP
> key</b></big>". I can definitely create a key if I don't uncheck this box
> and set the expiration date after creation.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/seahorse
> Package: seahorse 2.24.1-0ubuntu1
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: seahorse
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic x86_64
>

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, that's similar to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564199 and fixed in jaunty now