ARRRGHHH Had GPG working, now it doesnt.

David Shaw dshaw@jabberwocky.com
Mon Sep 23 17:16:02 2002


On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:54:39AM +1200, Robin wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 11:54:00PM -0600, Reg Clemens wrote:
> >         Signature made Thu Aug 29 00:27:17 2002 MDT using DSA key ID BDDF997A
> >         Can't check signature: public key not found
> Catching up on old email...
> I have the same problem. 1.0.6 used to automatically look up on a
> keyserver for the key, which was very handy for reading lists where
> people signed messages. 1.0.7, and I just tested 1.2.0 don't do this (a
> pity, it was a very Good Thing IMHO).
> Is there any way to turn this on again? My ~/.gnupg/options simply
> consists of:
> keyserver pgp.mit.edu
> I remember having a brief foray into the manual, to no avail.

Put this in your options file:

 keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve

David

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