-if [ -f "$keyID" ] ; then
- log info "Reading key from file '$keyID':"
- importinfo=$(gpg_host --import < "$keyID" 2>&1) || failure "could not read key from '$keyID'"
- # FIXME: if this is tried when the key database is not
- # up-to-date, i got these errors (using set -x):
-
- # ++ su -m monkeysphere -c '\''gpg --import'\''
- # Warning: using insecure memory!
- # gpg: key D21739E9: public key "Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>" imported
- # gpg: Total number processed: 1
- # gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
- # gpg: can'\''t create `/var/monkeysphere/gnupg-host/pubring.gpg.tmp'\'': Permission denied
- # gpg: failed to rebuild keyring cache: Permission denied
- # gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
- # gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
- # gpg: next trustdb check due at 2009-01-10'
- # + failure 'could not read key from '\''/root/dkg.gpg'\'''
- # + echo 'could not read key from '\''/root/dkg.gpg'\'''
-
- keyID=$(echo "$importinfo" | grep '^gpg: key ' | cut -f2 -d: | cut -f3 -d\ )
- if [ -z "$keyID" ] || [ $(echo "$keyID" | wc -l) -ne 1 ] ; then
- failure "There was not exactly one gpg key in the file."
+revokerKeyID="$1"
+shift
+
+keyID=$(check_key_input "$@")
+
+# make a temporary directory for storing keys during import, and set
+# the trap to delete it on exit
+tmpDir=$(msmktempdir)
+trap "rm -rf $tmpDir" EXIT
+
+# if file is specified
+if [ -f "$revokerKeyID" -o "$revokerKeyID" = '-' ] ; then
+ # load the key from stdin
+ if [ "$revokerKeyID" = '-' ] ; then
+ # make a temporary file to hold the key from stdin
+ revokerKeyID="$tmpDir"/importkey
+ log verbose "reading revoker key from stdin..."
+ cat > "$revokerKeyID"
+
+ # load the key from the file
+ elif [ -f "$revokerKeyID" ] ; then
+ log verbose "reading revoker key from file '$revokerKeyID'..."