Package: gnupg Version: 1.4.1-1 Severity: normal frodo$ tail -n2 .gnupg/gpg.conf keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.pgp
frodo$ gpg --sign-key F2B1606C 8< SNIP! Really sign? (y/N) y 8< SNIP! gpg: update failed: file write error Strace reveals: unlink("/home/hendry/.gnupg/secring.gpg.lock") = 0 access("/usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.pgp", W_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) access("/usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg", W_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) access("/home/hendry/.gnupg/pubring.gpg", W_OK) = 0 access("/home/hendry/.gnupg/secring.gpg", W_OK) = 0 access("/usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.pgp", W_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) access("/usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg", W_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) access("/home/hendry/.gnupg/pubring.gpg", W_OK) = 0 access("/home/hendry/.gnupg/secring.gpg", W_OK) = 0 I even tried gpg --recv-keys F2B1606C and signing and that didn't work. I worked around the problem by uncommenting the debian keyring lines in the gpg.conf. I expected the key I was signing from the Debian keyring to be incorporated in my gpg db without write issues. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8) Versions of packages gnupg depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-7 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libldap2 2.1.30-11 OpenLDAP libraries ii libreadline5 5.0-10 GNU readline and history libraries ii libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.10a-17 userspace USB programming library ii makedev 2.3.1-78 creates device files in /dev ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-9 compression library - runtime gnupg recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]