[Bug 1044156] [NEW] gpg key retrieval gives bogus, confusing error message

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I attempted to install a key using gpg as follows:

pwa at pwa-K60IJ:~/Documents$ gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys A8AA1FAA3F055C03
gpg: requesting key 3F055C03 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
?: subkeys.pgp.net: Host not found
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: Success
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0

I don't know why I got this error (I'm not behind a proxy server), but
that's not the point of my filing this bug report.  Whatever the problem
is, it's not a case of "host not found".   The host is there and I can
link to it.  The error message is clearly bogus, and very misleading.
It needs to reflect what the problem really is.

I'm running Kubuntu 12.04. and gpg 1.4.11.  The command cited above
seems to work for most people, but it doesn't work for me.

PS - I attempted to file this report under package gpg, but got a
message that gpg does not exist in ubuntu.  Yet gpg shows up under the
package name search in the bug reporter.

** Affects: gnupg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment
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gpg key retrieval gives bogus, confusing error message
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044156
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