Continually asked "Enter keyID"

[Farhan Khan]

On 19-03-17 11:40 AM, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 11:12:22PM -0400, Farhan Khan wrote:
> > On 19-03-17 11:02 AM, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote:
> 
> > > What does `gpg --list-keys --list-options show-usage` show for the
> > > key? Is the encryption flag [E] present?
> 
> > Yes, one of the subkeys is listed with [E].
> > 
> > pub   rsa2048 2017-09-10 [SC] [expires: 2019-09-10]
> >      XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> > uid           [ultimate] Username <user at domain>
> > sub   rsa2048 2017-09-10 [E] [expires: 2019-09-10]
> > 
> > Notice that its listed as ultimate. This is only because it used to be
> > my key before switching emails, so I specifically changed the trust.
> 
> Please reply to the list, not me personally, so that others can contribute.
> I've redirected my reply back to the list.
> 
> Off the top of my head, I'm not sure what the problem is.  Perhaps try the
> classic gpg interface instead (turn off $crypt_use_gpgme and source the
> sample gpg.rc that comes with mutt).
> 
> Alternatively, check the output of
> gpg --no-verbose --batch --quiet --with-colons --with-fingerprint --with-fingerprint --list-keys <keyid>
> 
> I don't think gpg --list-keys would include disabled keys, but perhaps one
> of the flags in that output will make things clearer.
> 
> -- 
> Kevin J. McCarthy
> GPG Fingerprint: 8975 A9B3 3AA3 7910 385C  5308 ADEF 7684 8031 6BDA

I have searched all over Google/Duck with no luck. However, a lot of people are reporting the same issue.
I suspect this is a bug in Mutt.

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Farhan Khan
PGP Fingerprint: 1312 89CE 663E 1EB2 179C 1C83 C41D 2281 F8DA C0DE
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