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Suggested command to import key does not work on debian

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From: Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
Cc: 41266 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41266: Suggested command to import key does not work on debian
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 21:48:02 +0200

Hi,

On +2020-05-17 21:25:54 +0200, Julien Lepiller wrote:
> Le Thu, 14 May 2020 12:28:11 -0400,
> Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> a écrit :
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just installed a debian VM to test changes in the install script
> > and found this issue when running the installer script:
> > 
> > First it fails because it cannot find the public key and suggests
> > running:
> > 
> > wget … -q0 - | gpg --import
> > 
> > -q0 does not work with debian's wget, but -O works.
> > 
> > Aftcr importing the key, the script still complains it cannot find
> > it. Re-running the same command with "sudo" in front of the gpg
> > import command re-imports the key and the script is then able to find
> > it.
> > 
> > My guess is that the first import imported the key in my user's
> > keyring, but the script looks in root's keyring. The second attempt
> > added the key to root's keyring.
> > 
> 
> Forget the wget thing, it's my fault for not reading it properly. The
> gpg command still needs to be run with sudo on at least fedora and
> debian.
> 
> 
>
If the problem is actually expired keys vs nonexistent,
gpg --refresh-keys
might be worth trying.


-- 
Regards,
Bengt Richter

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