.gnupg upgrade to ubuntu 7.10?

[Yuelin Li]

I plan to do a fresh install of ubuntu 7.10 from a CD.  In addition to
backing up my files in $HOME, is there something special I should do
to the files in $HOME/.gnupg?  I have files encrypted by my private
key.  I am afraid I might lose them when a fresh install wipes out my
private key.  Thanks in advance,

Yuelin.

 
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