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From:	Max Bowsher <maxb1 AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject:	GnuPG bug: --refresh-keys
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When running 'gpg --refresh-keys', the second updated key results in:

gpg: renaming `/home/max/.gnupg/pubring.gpg' to
`/home/max/.gnupg/pubring.gpg~' failed: Permission denied
gpg: error writing keyring `/home/max/.gnupg/pubring.gpg': file rename error
gpg: key XXXXXXXX: "...." 28 new signatures
gpg: error reading `[stream]': file rename error


Given that:
 * this happens for the *second* updated key

 * having another process running at the same time, rapidly moving away
any new pubring.gpg~ files avoids the error

 * it is presumably Cygwin-specific

it seems extremely likely that gnupg has a file descriptor leak, such
that when the second key is processed, gnupg still has an open file
descriptor on the file pubring.gpg~ when it attempts to overwrite it by
renaming another file onto that name. Windows then objects.

Max.


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