pgp-fixkey(1)

pgp-fixkey1

Usage

pgp-fixkey [keyid [keyid ...]]

Overview

pgp-fixkey removes broken packets from keys in the GnuPG keyring that make GnuPG spew ugly warnings. It optionally takes a list of keyids on the command line and only cleans those keys.

Options

keyid

Use this key.

Environment

HOME

The default home directory.

GNUPGBIN

The gpg binary. Default: "gpg".

GNUPGHOME

The default working directory for gpg. Default: "$HOME/.gnupg".

Files

$HOME/.gnupg/pubring.gpg - default GnuPG keyring

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11–12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

Author

Peter Palfrader <[email protected]>

From signing-party 2.11-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.