Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: apt
When gpg is called as the result of a call on apt-key, it gives a
misleading message if the key cannot be found by the keyserver. The
following transcript illustrates this:
pwa@pwa-K60IJ:~$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
A8A515F046D7E7CF
[sudo] password for pwa:
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring
--secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg
--keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg
--recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com A8A515F046D7E7CF
gpg: requesting key 46D7E7CF from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
?: keyserver.ubuntu.com: Host not found
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: Success
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
In fact the host keyserver.ubuntu.com is perfectly reachable, but it
can't locate the requested key. The error message should reflect that
situation.
I'm running Kubuntu 10.10.
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/736533
Title:
gpg gives bogus, misleading error message
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