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Some keyids make --refresh-keys ignore ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
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Description

Given a config file with:

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

Note that usually --refresh-keys will honor this:

$ /usr/bin/gpg --refresh-keys --keyserver x-hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net

3BF0E8B3615BF434 D8425D4D2DF2DD84

  gpg: refreshing 2 keys from x-hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net
  gpg: requesting key 3BF0E8B3615BF434 from hkp server pool.sks-keyservers.net
  gpg: requesting key D8425D4D2DF2DD84 from hkp server pool.sks-keyservers.net
  ^C
  gpg: Interrupt caught ... exiting

However, I found a keyID that causes it to ignore the preference:

$ /usr/bin/gpg --refresh-keys --keyserver x-hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net

BEB441496300CC3D

gpg: requesting key BEB441496300CC3D from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
^C
gpg: Interrupt caught ... exiting

Details

Version
1.4.18

Event Timeline

jaymzh set Version to 1.4.18.Mar 1 2015, 2:52 AM
jaymzh added a project: Bug Report.
jaymzh added a subscriber: jaymzh.
• werner added a subscriber: • werner.Mar 3 2015, 10:17 AM

gpg --check-sigs --list-options show-keyserver-urls BEB441496300CC3D
[...]
sig!3 BEB441496300CC3D 2011-02-15 Jeremy Kitchen (Systems

   Preferred keyserver: hkp://subkeys.pgp.net/

The key itself specifies preferred keyserver which overrides a standard keyserver.

• werner closed this task as Invalid.Mar 3 2015, 10:17 AM
• werner removed a project: Bug Report.
jaymzh added a comment.Mar 3 2015, 10:30 AM

Wow. I didn't even know that was a thing. What's weirder is --keyserver doesn't
override it. Shouldn't the user be able to override it somehow?

• werner added a comment.Mar 4 2015, 12:50 PM

Some may want such an option, please discuss at gnupg-users and re-open this bug
if the conclusion is that there needs to be a way to ignore the preferred keyserver.