Bug 370442 - Certificate creation gives general error, if expiry date is beyond 2038
Summary: Certificate creation gives general error, if expiry date is beyond 2038
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kleopatra
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 2.3.0
Platform: unspecified Microsoft Windows
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andre Heinecke
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Reported: 2016-10-11 06:02 UTC by mosh
Modified: 2017-08-08 12:27 UTC (History)
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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.