Re: Problem signing a tag
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Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@eeinternet.com>
- Date
- Nov 3, 2009, 18:11 UTC
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On Monday 02 November 2009, Alex Riesen said something like:
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 01:58, Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@eeinternet.com>
wrote:
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> > Nobody on the git IRC channel responded to this question, even > > after asking it a few times, so I thought I'd try here. > > > > I'm having trouble signing a tag. I'm using this command: > > > > git tag -u EAFD344D14EA086E -F .git/TAG_EDITMSG tag_name > > > > I type in my passphrase, and am then told: > > > > error: gpg failed to sign the tag > > error: unable to sign the tag > > > > However, if I use this command: > > > > gpg -s -u EAFD344D14EA086E > > > > and use the same passphrase, it works fine. Is there any way to > > find out why a key-signing is failing? > > What does "echo $?" after it prints? IOW, maybe plain gpg fails too, > without printing anything special, and you don't pay attention to the > exit code. Git does. And it runs "gpg -bsau <key-id>".
$ git tag -s -F .git/TAG_EDITMSG tag_name
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@azariah.com>" 1024-bit DSA key, ID 14EA086E, created 2009-08-09
gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use error: gpg failed to sign the tag error: unable to sign the tag $ echo $? 128
And when I sign at the prompt:
$ gpg -sa
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@azariah.com>" 1024-bit DSA key, ID 14EA086E, created 2009-08-09
gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use Blah blah blah blah -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
owGbwMvMwCT46q+Jr8grjjzG01JJDF4fChqdchIzFJJQCK4ONxYGQSYGNlYmkAoG Lk4BmLZpyxgW7Jol8mB6kt+Hr1xb9gvUnTs9f/XdVIYFW3VNlx3cmvy4sf/R0/m7 nr9fFpzyFQA= =Plql -----END PGP MESSAGE----- $ echo $? 2
So, it appear that it works (prints the signature) but then exits with an error code of 2.
Using --status-log, I get:
[GNUPG:] USERID_HINT EAFD344D14EA086E Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@azariah.com> [GNUPG:] NEED_PASSPHRASE EAFD344D14EA086E EAFD344D14EA086E 17 0 [GNUPG:] GOOD_PASSPHRASE [GNUPG:] BEGIN_SIGNING [GNUPG:] SIG_CREATED S 17 2 00 1257271594 4FE551A1A4AE4DEF7EDD58E1EAFD344D14EA086E
No indication of an error. The only thing I see that might be an error is "gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use." But that should be a warning, not an error, correct? I talked with somebody on the gnupg IRC channel and they were able to create a signed tag, even though they were not using an agent.
Here it is with -bsau:
$ gpg -bsau EAFD344D14EA086E
You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "Joshua J. Kugler <joshua@azariah.com>" 1024-bit DSA key, ID 14EA086E, created 2009-08-09
gpg: problem with the agent - disabling agent use Blah blah blah blah -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEABECAAYFAkrwciEACgkQ6v00TRTqCG7TZwCfSrvb6p0L+ZZqPB8XrVuMpJPj jicAoJKnfIeTsWylXpklB9Gw/ArdxvxU =CM2I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- $ echo $? 2
I'm lost. Thanks for the tips.
j
-- Joshua Kugler Part-Time System Admin/Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0x14EA086E