gpg 2.1.15, *no* keyservers found for submit/recv, "DNS query returned an error or no records: No such domain (nxdomain)"

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On Wed, Oct 26, 2016, at 11:18 PM, Phil Pennock wrote:
> Check if all the nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf are functioning
> correctly?  Including if some are only available in certain VPN
> configurations?

They're working correctly.

I've tested as well with simplest config -- just one nameserver entry.  Whether that's Google NS, or my own Bind9 instance, result's unfortunately the same.