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amunkres

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Registered: 2009-08-09

Posts: 10

Pacman 4: slow / unresponsive OpenPGP keyservers

After updating to Pacman 4, the default OpenPGP keyserver (as specified in /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/gpg.conf), keys.gnupg.net, would usually not respond soon enough (default timeout is 10 seconds), so I kept having to try again and again to import keys, like this:

(53/53) checking package integrity                 [######################] 100%
error: akonadi: key "F3E1D5C5D30DB0AD" is unknown
:: Import PGP key D30DB0AD, "Andrea Scarpino <bash.lnx@gmail.com>", created 2011-04-19? [Y/n] y
error: key "Andrea Scarpino <bash.lnx@gmail.com>" could not be imported
error: audacious-plugins: key "E62F853100F0D0F0" is unknown
:: Import PGP key 00F0D0F0, "Gaetan Bisson <g.bisson@tue.nl>", created 2010-01-09? [Y/n] y
error: key "Gaetan Bisson <g.bisson@tue.nl>" could not be imported
error: audacious: key "E62F853100F0D0F0" is unknown
:: Import PGP key 00F0D0F0, "Gaetan Bisson <g.bisson@tue.nl>", created 2010-01-09? [Y/n] y
error: key "Gaetan Bisson <g.bisson@tue.nl>" could not be imported
error: audacity: key "FCF2CB179205AC90" is unknown
:: Import PGP key 9205AC90, "Eric Belanger <eric@archlinux.org>", created 2011-04-19? [Y/n] y
error: key "Eric Belanger <eric@archlinux.org>" could not be imported
error: chromium: key "51E8B148A9999C34" is unknown
:: Import PGP key A9999C34, "Evangelos Foutras <foutrelis@gmail.com>", created 2010-11-12? [Y/n] y
error: key "Evangelos Foutras <foutrelis@gmail.com>" could not be imported

etc etc. Eventually I changed the configuration file to point to pgp.mit.edu instead, and I had no problems with that one.

What are some other OpenPGP public keyserver mirrors to use?

graysky

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Registered: 2008-12-01

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Re: Pacman 4: slow / unresponsive OpenPGP keyservers

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … ix_this.3F

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Rulatir

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Re: Pacman 4: slow / unresponsive OpenPGP keyservers

[edit: nevermind]

Last edited by Rulatir (2012-02-27 14:57:31)

Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 1,456

Re: Pacman 4: slow / unresponsive OpenPGP keyservers

Here (Wikipedia) are a few examples.

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skanky

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Registered: 2009-10-23

Posts: 1,847

Re: Pacman 4: slow / unresponsive OpenPGP keyservers

I've had problems with pgp.mit.edu as well at times (I leave it and try another time, and it works).
Would use one of the server pools listed at wikipedia reduce the likelihood of that?

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Gcool

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Re: Pacman 4: slow / unresponsive OpenPGP keyservers

I personally use the EU pool of sks-keyservers (eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net), and haven't really had any issues with it so far.

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skanky

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Registered: 2009-10-23

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Re: Pacman 4: slow / unresponsive OpenPGP keyservers

I personally use the EU pool of sks-keyservers (eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net), and haven't really had any issues with it so far.

Thanks, I'll try that one.

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