Package: git Version: 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4 Severity: normal In some git tree, observed behaviour:
$ git tag -u no-such-key -s -m spong foo error: gpg failed to sign the data error: unable to sign the tag $ echo $? 128 Expected behaviour: $ git tag -u no-such-key -s -m spong foo gpg: skipped "no-such-key": No secret key gpg: [stdin]: clear-sign failed: No secret key error: gpg failed to sign the data error: unable to sign the tag $ -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.9 APT prefers oldstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-debug'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-0.bpo.5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages git depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.25 ii git-man 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u4 ii libcurl3-gnutls 7.52.1-5+deb9u9 ii liberror-perl 0.17024-1 ii libexpat1 2.2.0-2+deb9u2 ii libpcre3 2:8.39-3 ii perl 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5 Versions of packages git recommends: ii less 481-2.1 ii openssh-client [ssh-client] 1:7.4p1-10+deb9u6 ii patch 2.7.5-1+deb9u1 ii rsync 3.1.2-1+deb9u2 Versions of packages git suggests: ii gettext-base 0.19.8.1-2 pn git-arch <none> pn git-cvs <none> pn git-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit <none> pn git-doc <none> pn git-el <none> ii git-email 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4 ii git-gui 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4 pn git-mediawiki <none> ii git-svn 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4 ii gitk 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4 pn gitweb <none> -- no debconf information