cURL keyserver handlers broken

[Alphax]

David Shaw wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 04:09:32PM +1030, Alphax wrote:
> 
>>Under GPG 1.4.3rc1 I'm completely unable to get the cURL-type keyserver
>>handlers to function correctly. For example, using the following command:
>>
>>gpg --no-options --keyserver sks.keyserver.penguin.de --search Alphax
>>
>>I get the error:
>>
>>?: localhost: Unable to connect: ec=0
>>gpgkeys: HTTP search error 7: couldn't connect: No error
> 
> 
> Keep in mind 1.4.3rc1 is a development version and hasn't been
> released yet.  gnupg-devel would be a more appropriate place.
> 
> That said, please run with:
> 
>   --debug 1024 --keyserver-options keep-temp-files
> 
> added to your command line, and post the results as well as the
> contents of your tempin.txt file (the location of the tempin.txt file
> may vary on different systems, but will be shown in the debug
> output).  It looks like you're not talking to sks.keyserver.penguin.de
> at all.
>

Well, I know it exists; the second time I ran it (using an older version
of GPG) I *did* get results.

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gpg --no-options --debug 1024 --keyserver-options keep-temp-files
--keyserver sks.keyserver.penguin.de --search Alphax
gpg: NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION!
gpg: It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be
gpg: used in a production environment or with production keys!
gpg: DBG: expanding string "C:\GnuPG\gpgkeys_hkp.exe -o "%O" "%I""
gpg: DBG: args expanded to "C:\GnuPG\gpgkeys_hkp.exe -o
"C:\DOCUME~1\Andrew\LOCALS~1\Temp\gpg-F9C4EE\tempout.txt"
"C:\DOCUME~1\Andrew\LOCALS~1\Temp\gpg-F9C4EE\tempin.txt"", use 1,
keep 1
gpg: DBG: using temp file
`C:\DOCUME~1\Andrew\LOCALS~1\Temp\gpg-F9C4EE\tempin.txt'
gpg: searching for "Alphax" from hkp server sks.keyserver.penguin.de
gpg: DBG: system() command is C:\GnuPG\gpgkeys_hkp.exe -o
"C:\DOCUME~1\Andrew\LOCALS~1\Temp\gpg-F9C4EE\tempout.txt"
"C:\DOCUME~1\Andrew\LOCALS~1\Temp\gpg-F9C4EE\tempin.txt"
?: localhost: Unable to connect: ec=0
gpgkeys: HTTP search error 7: couldn't connect: No error
gpg: key "Alphax" not found on keyserver
secmem usage: 1408/1408 bytes in 2/2 blocks of pool 1408/32768
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Contents of tempin.txt:

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# This is a GnuPG 1.4.3rc1: keyserver communications file
VERSION 1
PROGRAM 1.4.3rc1:
SCHEME hkp
HOST sks.keyserver.penguin.de
PATH /
OPTION include-revoked
OPTION include-subkeys
OPTION try-dns-srv
COMMAND SEARCH

Alphax
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Contents of tempout.txt:

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VERSION 1
PROGRAM 1.4.3rc1:

SEARCH Alphax BEGIN

SEARCH Alphax FAILED 9
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