FS#29250 - [pacman-key] Disable Local key lookup on keyserver

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by x33a (x33a) - Tuesday, 03 April 2012, 09:46 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Saturday, 07 April 2012, 07:08 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 4.0.2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary and Info:

When doing

# pacman-key --refresh-keys

the local key for the system is also searched on the keyserver and this message is displayed during the process

gpgkeys: key <...> not found on keyserver

I had no idea which key it was talking about, and only found that it was the local key after doing

# pacman-key --list-keys

So please disable the lookup of local key on the keyserver, or add a more descriptive error message, about the key not found on the server.

# pacman-key --version
pacman-key (pacman) 4.0.2
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Saturday, 07 April 2012, 07:08 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 03 April 2012, 14:39 GMT
You realize that this just calls gpg --refresh-keys...

Ignoring the "local key" would mean getting a list of all known key IDs and passing them to --refresh-keys with the specific master key omitted.
Comment by x33a (x33a) - Tuesday, 03 April 2012, 15:40 GMT
> Ignoring the "local key" would mean getting a list of all known key IDs and passing them to --refresh-keys with the specific master key omitted.


Yes, i meant something like that. If it's not possible, or too much work, then maybe a more informative error message. Something which also lists the uid of the key not found on the server.
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Tuesday, 03 April 2012, 15:52 GMT
I don't think it's "too much work", but I think it's too much work for far too little gain.
Comment by x33a (x33a) - Tuesday, 03 April 2012, 16:37 GMT
Well, it's your call. I guess it's ok to leave it as it is then. I'll add an entry on the wiki regarding this message.

Thanks.

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