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Renew GPG key

$ gpg --list-keys
$ gpg --edit-key KEYID

Use the expire command to set a new expire date:

gpg> expire

When prompted type 1y or however long you want the key to last for.

Select all the subkeys (the primary key, which we just set the expires date for, is key 0):

gpg> key 1
gpg> key 2
gpg> expire

A star will sppear before all selected keys.

gpg> trust
gpg> save

gpg -a --export KEYID > kris.leech.gpg.public
gpg -a --export-secret-keys KEYID > kris.leech.gpg.private

Publish the public key:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --send-keys KEYID
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-keys KEYID
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