Vladimir Kosovac wrote:
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(a)zianet.com
> 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
>
>
>
Another plan to get your CLA accepted. It says in
fedora-icla-karl.txt that I can send them a signed pdf file. As it
happens Gedit has a way to make a pdf of my file so I did it and sent it
to there legal address.
Karl
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