A work-around for this issue is to copy the options file from /usr/share/gnupg:
~$ cp /usr/share/gnupg/options.skel ~/.gnugpg/gpg.conf
A work-around for this issue is to copy the options file from /usr/share/gnupg:
~$ cp /usr/share/ gnupg/options. skel ~/.gnugpg/gpg.conf