Karl, if you specify -a option as well, you should end up with .asc file produced, ie: 1] open terminal and cd to the directory where you saved the .txt attachment 2] gpg -a --sign fedora-icla-karl.txt 3] fedora-icla-karl.txt.asc should now be in the same directory Vladimir Karl Larsen wrote: > I have been looking at what has been happening and decided to see > where I got my information on your web site. Below are where I found > instructions for getting a key: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/UsingGpg/CreatingKeys > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem/CLAHowTo > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Join > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Join/CheckList > > Next I want to check out the CLA problem because it can be that this > problem is a BUG for Fedora 8. Since most of you got this step done with > zero trouble on earlier versions of Fedora it smells like something > changed. > > Well you ask for and get a file attached to an email that is: > > fedora-icla-karl.txt > and you are instructed to write: > > If you agree to these terms and conditions, type "I agree" here: I agree > Enter your full name here: Karl Larsen > Signing code: 6314c512cb565e955aec16204c1fad48 > E-mail: k5di@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: 2007-12-18 17:00:49.46 > > As you can see I did that. Then your supposed to sign this file with > your GPG key using a gpg call. Here is what happened. > > At first it would error out with a complaint that a default was > wrong. This went on for some time but then it seemed to work. It asked > me for my password which I gave it and it made a new file that looks > like this: > > fedora-icla-karl.txt.gpg > > This file is not what Fedora wants. I sent it in and it sent an error > email back. This file is a binary file now and I have no way to read it. > > The file that is expected is fedora-icla-karl.asc but on F8 I don't > get that. > > A question. Does anyone get the desired file on F8? This might be > another problem. > > Karl > >
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