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Note GPG bug when creating NIST auth/sign subkeys #45

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Users who wish to create NIST auth or sign subkeys using the --quick-add-key command are likely to trip over a long-standing GPG bug¹ which results in the following error:

$ gpg --expert --quick-add-key [fpr] nistp256 sign
gpg: Key generation failed: Wrong key usage
gpg: Key not changed so no update needed.

Help readers by noting the documented workaround. The GPG bug has been open since July 2018. Unfortunately, it seems unlikely to be fixed anytime soon.

¹ https://dev.gnupg.org/T4052

Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger tmz@pobox.com

Users who wish to create NIST auth or sign subkeys using the
`--quick-add-key` command are likely to trip over a long-standing GPG
bug¹ which results in the following error:

    $ gpg --expert --quick-add-key [fpr] nistp256 sign
    gpg: Key generation failed: Wrong key usage
    gpg: Key not changed so no update needed.

Help readers by noting the documented workaround.  The GPG bug has been
open since July 2018.  Unfortunately, it seems unlikely to be fixed
anytime soon.

¹ https://dev.gnupg.org/T4052

Signed-off-by: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
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