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erik_123

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Registered: 2024-12-27

Posts: 20

Sequoia Error: Found argument 'network' which wasn't expected, or isn'

At this link...

    https://archlinux.org/download/

...it says:

To verify the PGP signature using Sequoia, first download the release signing key from WKD:

$ sq network wkd fetch pierre@archlinux.org -o release-key.pgp

When I do that, it fails with the following error message:

$ sq network wkd fetch pierre@archlinux.org -o release-key.pgp
error: Found argument 'network' which wasn't expected, or isn't valid in this context

USAGE:
    sq [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <SUBCOMMAND>

For more information try --help

What am I doing wrong?

Last edited by erik_123 (2024-12-27 22:03:00)

dakota

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Registered: 2016-05-20

Posts: 415

Re: Sequoia Error: Found argument 'network' which wasn't expected, or isn'

That doesn't look right to me (from reading the documentation).

I don't see 'fetch' anywhere, and I'm not sure what the '-o' option is supposed to do.

How about...

sq network wkd search pierre@archlinux.org --output release-key.pgp
sq verify --signer-file release-key.pgp --signature-file archlinux-2024.12.01-x86_64.iso.sig archlinux-2024.12.01-x86_64.iso

???

Cheers,

See also:
      search a certificate
      sq verify

man sq-network-wkd
man sq-verify

Last edited by dakota (2024-12-30 04:10:16)

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Muflone

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Registered: 2013-10-08

Posts: 138

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Re: Sequoia Error: Found argument 'network' which wasn't expected, or isn'

Since sequoia-sq 0.33 the command was changed to

sq network wkd fetch

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=293379

Then later, since sequoia-sq 0.39 the command was changed again to

sq network wkd search

https://gitlab.com/sequoia-pgp/sequoia- … b907ef9197

Feel free to send a pull requests on https://github.com/archlinux/archweb

billymaysv2

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Registered: 2025-05-23

Posts: 1

Re: Sequoia Error: Found argument 'network' which wasn't expected, or isn'

I had to use fetch to get the signing key, but the next command, "sq verify --signer-file release-key.pgp --signature-file archlinux-2025.05.01-x86_64.iso.sig archlinux-2025.05.01-x86_64.iso," is giving me issues. When executed, I'm getting "unexpected argument '--signature-file' found"

Does anyone know if the --signature-file option was changed? I can't seem to find much on it, but it could be because I'm using the wrong terms

EDIT: Ended up using the GnuPG alternative and got it going

Last edited by billymaysv2 (2025-05-23 04:27:17)

bergoalbin

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Registered: 2025-10-22

Posts: 1

Re: Sequoia Error: Found argument 'network' which wasn't expected, or isn'

Hi, I encountered the same issue, but found the solution and wanted to share for any other confused newcomer. The "--signature-file" argument is apparently deprecated, even though it is still present in Sequoia's documentation. The new argument is "--detached", so one should give the following command:

sq verify --signer-file release-key.pgp --detached archlinux-2025.05.01-x86_64.iso.sig archlinux-2025.05.01-x86_64.iso

Last edited by bergoalbin (2025-10-22 19:06:19)

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 1,773

Re: Sequoia Error: Found argument 'network' which wasn't expected, or isn'

just yet another one in my "nah, won't use pgp after learned about it" jar
unfortunately the community is so into it even tools like git pretty much build around gnupg specific way how to sign commits
pgp is such cancer - although it's still just rsa under the hood anyway

archevilst

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Registered: 2025-10-19

Posts: 9

Re: Sequoia Error: Found argument 'network' which wasn't expected, or isn'

Bit off topic but you can use torrent file and then you have signature check "for free", included within.

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