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Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag".

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GYGary Yang <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
Date
Nov 19, 2008, 16:54 UTC
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The command, "git tag -u garyyang6@yahoo.com tag-name" works! Thank you! Below is the output of "gpg -k". I have no idea why I have three keys.

gpg -k gpg: WARNING: using insecure memory! gpg: please see http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html for more information /home/garyyang6/.gnupg/pubring.gpg ---------------------------------- pub 1024D/A3F6A45E 2008-11-14 Gary Yang (For git.) <garyyang6@yahoo.com> sub 1024g/58AE6B3C 2008-11-14

pub 1024D/EE763A89 2008-11-14 Gary Yang (PGP for git.) <garyyang6@yahoo.com> sub 1024g/AECCA323 2008-11-14

pub  1024D/5015631E 2008-11-18 Gary Yang (For git) <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
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> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Subject: Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag".
> To: "Gary Yang" <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>, "Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>
> Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 7:42 AM
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Gary Yang wrote:
> > 
> > The gpg works. But, git tag dose not work. Any idea?
> 
> Does
> 
> 	git tag -u garyyang6@yahoo.com tag-name
> 
> work (ie when you use an explicitly given key to tag with)?
> 
> And if not, please do list the output of "gpg -K"
> if that doesn't work.
> 
> 			Linus
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Message 5 of 6 in “Re: "secret key not available". "unable to sign the tag".”
  1. Gary YangNov 18, 2008
  2. Gary YangNov 18, 2008
  3. Gary YangNov 18, 2008
  4. Linus TorvaldsNov 19, 2008
  5. Gary YangNov 19, 2008
  6. SASh-4Feb 4, 2010

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