[Gpg4win-users-en] Umlauts in revocation comment

[Alexander Strobel]

Ok, thanks for the info. I will file a bug.

Another strange behavior (or is it the same problem?) I did encounter today:
I open a new command line, change its codepage to 65001 (UTf-8) and
start generating a revocation certificate. (gpg 1.4.19)
When I am asked to input the revocation reason I enter "Hallöäüchen".
When gpg presents me my input to confirm it, the umlauts are gone
already. I assume this is not intended?
(see attachment)

When trying to create a revocation certificate with gpg 2.0 instead of
gpg 1.4 it states the following error:

C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG_2.0.26>gpg2 --gen-revoke asd

sec  4096R/837ADDF9 2015-03-25 asd <@.>

Ein Widerrufszertifikat für diesen Schlüssel erzeugen? (j/N) gpg: Fatal:
WriteConsole failed: 63 != 61


Best regards
 Alex Strobel
 www.gpg4o.com

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C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG_1.4.19>gpg --version
gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.19
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Home: C:/Users/...
Supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA
Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
        CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2

C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG_1.4.19>gpg --gen-revoke asd

sec  4096R/837ADDF9 2015-03-25 asd <@.>

Create a revocation certificate for this key? (y/N) y
Please select the reason for the revocation:
  0 = No reason specified
  1 = Key has been compromised
  2 = Key is superseded
  3 = Key is no longer used
  Q = Cancel
(Probably you want to select 1 here)
Your decision? 3
Enter an optional description; end it with an empty line:
> Hallöäüchen
>
Reason for revocation: Key is no longer used
Hallchen
Is this okay? (y/N) y

You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
user: "asd <@.>"
4096-bit RSA key, ID 837ADDF9, created 2015-03-25

ASCII armored output forced.
Revocation certificate created.

Please move it to a medium which you can hide away; if Mallory gets
access to this certificate he can use it to make your key unusable.
It is smart to print this certificate and store it away, just in case
your media become unreadable.  But have some caution:  The print system of
your machine might store the data and make it available to others!
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1
Comment: A revocation certificate should follow
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=SyOv
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG_1.4.19>