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`gpg --fetch-keys` fails because of missing keyserver
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Description

if no keyserver is configured, gpg --fetch-keys fails with an error:

$ gpg --fetch-keys https://path/to/key.gpg
gpg: requesting key from 'https://path/to/key.gpg'
gpg: WARNING: unable to fetch URI https://path/to/key.gpg: No keyserver available
gpg: key fetch failed: No keyserver available

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rG80d56172f29f dirmngr: Do not require a keyserver for KS_FETCH.
rG22fc07640a63 dirmngr: Do not require a keyserver for KS_FETCH.

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m.eik created this task.Jun 17 2025, 4:03 PM
• werner added a commit: rG22fc07640a63: dirmngr: Do not require a keyserver for KS_FETCH..Jun 17 2025, 4:06 PM
• werner added a commit: rG80d56172f29f: dirmngr: Do not require a keyserver for KS_FETCH..Jun 17 2025, 4:42 PM
• werner changed the task status from Open to Testing.Jun 17 2025, 6:37 PM
• werner triaged this task as Normal priority.
• werner moved this task from Backlog to WIP on the gnupg26 board.
• werner added a subscriber: • werner.

Funny old bug which shows up only if you don't have any keyserver configured. Note the FIXME in the commit ;-)

• werner mentioned this in T7672: Release GnuPG 2.5.8.Jun 20 2025, 5:33 PM
• werner moved this task from WIP to QA on the gnupg26 board.Wed, Jul 16, 11:54 AM