[arch-general] aur/solr: Unknown PGP key

Eli Schwartz eschwartz at archlinux.org
Thu Jul 26 22:30:01 UTC 2018


On 07/26/2018 06:14 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:45:32 +0200, Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
>> Thank You Morten! But I still have problems: From the wiki I
>> understand, I should set "keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve" in
>> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf, which is set. IIUC, this should automate the magic
>> to fetch the PGP key. But building still fails. With aura, I've the
>> option to acceppt the package anyway, but I'd prefer to know the
>> correct way.
> 
> I can't comment on the Wiki, since I didn't read it. Note,
> auto-key-retrieve means that any software automatically will
> retrieve new keys from the default keyserver. An excerpt from the gpg
> mangape, that belongs to auto-key-retrieve:
> 
> $ man gpg | grep '\"web bug\" l' -A1
>               Note that this option makes a "web bug" like behavior
> possible.  Keyserver or Web Key Directory operators can see which keys
> you request, so by sending you a message signed by a brand new key
> (which you naturally will not have on your local keyring), the operator
> can tell both your IP address and the time when you verified the
> signature.
> 
> I'm using an alias to manually add new keys:
> 
> $ grep gkey= .bashrc 
> alias gkey='gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.uni-mainz.de --recv-keys'

What does the "web bug" have to do with this discussion?

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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