swedebu...@riseup.net skribis: > On 2016-01-01 19:21, swedebu...@riseup.net wrote: >> On 2015-12-30 22:16, l...@gnu.org wrote: >>> Which version of GnuPG is it, per “gpg2 --version”? >> ~$ gpg2 --version >> gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.10 >> libgcrypt 1.6.3 > > I now tested with the 2.0 version and the result was that it only > worked when specifying the keyserver (pgp.mit.edu) on the commandline. > > So to sum it up (i'm on an i686 platform): > (with default config-files) > gpg 2.1.10 - keyservers are not reachable at all > gpg 2.0.29 - keyservers are only reachable when using --keyserver > URL-to-keyserver on the commandline omplains about wrong keyserver URI > when not specifying --keyserver URL-to-keyserver).
I confirm that 2.1 behaves differently: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ $(guix build gnupg-2.1)/bin/gpg2 --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 3D9AEBB5 gpg: key "3D9AEBB5 #EA52ECF4" not found gpg: (check argument of option '--hidden-encrypt-to') $ $(guix build gnupg-2.0)/bin/gpg2 --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 3D9AEBB5 gpg: requesting key 3D9AEBB5 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu gpg: key 3D9AEBB5: "Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org>" not changed gpg: Nombro traktita entute: 1 gpg: neŝanĝitaj: 1 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I would suggest reaching out to the GnuPG mailing lists. Ludo’.