The problem was likely that gpg2 made a /copy/ of your gpg(1) keyring when it first ran. After that they were out of sync. gpg2 really just needs a gpg1 compa

The problem was likely that gpg2 made a /copy/ of your gpg(1) keyring when it first ran. After that they were out of sync. gpg2 really just needs a gpg1 comparability shim that's good enough that it /replaces/ the gpg1 tools on a system and seamlessly gets them to use the gpg2 keyring.