[Enigmail] Paperkey problem

[John Clizbe]

ushills wrote:
> Using windows I have used paperkey with my secret key as such
> 
>     paperkey --secret-key \Home\GPG\secring.gpg --output printthis.txt
> 
> However, when I try to recompile my key with
> 
>     paperkey --pubring \Home\GPG\pubring.gpg --secrets printthis.txt
> --output secretkey.gpg
> 
> and reimport it to my secring, I get the following error.
> 
> Key without self-signature was detected
> (This key is not suitable for encryption)
> 
> What am I doing wrong, I notice this comment in the paperkey output
> 
>     # Repeat fields b through e as needed to cover all subkeys.
> 
> but there is not explanation.
> 
> Please help.

Paperkey was written by Dave Shaw. You may find him at the GnuPG-Users mailing
list, <gnupg-users at gnupg.org>

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