gpg key issue

[Timo Schneemann]

Ubuntu 16.04.04

subsurface 4.8.0

I tried to install the ppa but getting errors verifying the key:

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys A8BC9756EE61D9C6

gpg: Schlüssel EE61D9C6 von hkp-Server subkeys.pgp.net anfordern

gpg: Schlüsselserver-Zeitüberschreitung

gpg: Empfangen vom Schlüsselserver fehlgeschlagen: Schlüsselserverfehler

I tried it on different computer at diffenrent times.

[Dirk Hohndel]

Well, that sounds like a Keyserver issue - I don't think there's anything we can do...

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 1:01 PM Dirk Hohndel <di...@hohndel.org> wrote:
>
> Well, that sounds like a Keyserver issue - I don't think there's anything we can do...

Keyservers have been horribly flaky the last few months. Apparently
one reason is that a lot of them just got turned off, some people
blame GDPR.

Put

keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net

in your .gnupg/pgp.conf file (and make sure to remove anything else -
the priority of keyservers is unclear). That *mostly* fixes the
keyserver issues, at least for me.

pgp is garbage. It used to be inconvenient to use with a horrible UI.
It's gone from "inconvenient" to "actively hostile" in the last year.

Too bad there isn't anything much better, because security people
don't care about small things like "usable".

Linus

[Timo Schneemann]

Thanks for the responses! I will try that.

Timo

[Timo Schneemann]

Thanks, that worked. I just did

gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys A8BC9756EE61D9C6DDD

and added it afterwards. Maybe you change this at the download informations in the Debian Jessie secion, if this keyserver is more reliable?

Timo

Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2018 22:20:05 UTC+2 schrieb Linus Torvalds: