Bug 370442

Summary:	Certificate creation gives general error, if expiry date is beyond 2038
Product:	[Applications] kleopatra	Reporter:	mosh <moshahmed>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Andre Heinecke <aheinecke>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kdepim-bugs, mutz
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.3.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description mosh 2016-10-11 06:02:22 UTC

Certificate creation fails with "general error" message, only thing special about the gpg4win gpg2.15 (with ssh) certificate was the long expiry date.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. gpg4win > kleopatra 
2. create new key
3. expiry 2040

Actual Results:  
Later: General error 

Expected Results:  
Created key

On windows7, atleast a better error message would help, as there are too many parameter in key creation.

Comment 1 Bernhard E. Reiter 2017-08-08 12:27:55 UTC

I can confirm the problem with Kleopatra 2.3.0-gpg4win-3.0.0-beta276.

How to reproduce:
* Start OpenPGP keypair creation.
* Use advanced options to set an expiration date far in the future, e.g. 2080
-> General error.

The included gpg 2.1.22 can create such a key pair, but only after confirmation
and will display ????-??-?? as expiration data.