gpg --gen-key issue

[Michael A. Peters]

On 12/07/2004 12:59:28 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Di, den 07.12.2004 schrieb Oliver Day um 21:01:
> 
> > ISSUE: gpg --gen-key fails with error "gpg: can't create
> > `/user/.gnupg/random_seed': No such file or directory"
> > FIX: create .gnupg directory by hand "mkdir ~/.gnupg"
> 
> I feel this is a bug. Previous versions of GPG did create the
> directory
> in user's home directory and copied the conf from the skeleton.  
> Please
> submit it to bugzilla if no entry is already there.

I also feel it is a bug - the directory should have specific  
permissions (0700) and a user just creating one at random may not have  
secure permissions.