debmirror BUG: gpgv not finding debian key

[Zenaan Harkness]

This didn't get through for some reason. Take 2.
(And apologies for previous email, and thanks to those who gently notified me.)

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 21:02, Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:
> Anyone able to debug a (seemingly very simple) debmirror bug?
>
> TIA
> Zenaan
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net>
> Date: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 19:08
> Subject: Re: Wishlist/ enhancement for debmirror - Fwd: debmirror:
> gpgv not finding debian key
> To: fjp.log-comments at planet.nl
>
>
> Further to my previous email, here are the simple steps to reproduce
> my problem (on Ubuntu).
>
> Please feel free to ignore as appropriate, as I shall post a bug to an
> ubuntu bug list somewhere.
>
> Just giving you a heads up.
>
> The commands to run, which clearly identify the problem for me, are
> very straightforward (please note, the repo fails to download, so
> don't worry about chewing bandwidth); as root (in ubuntu 8.04 I am):
>
> # become root:
> sudo su -
>
> # do test in temp location:
> target=/tmp/debmirrortmp
> mkdir $target
> cd $target
>
> # import the supposedly required key:
> export GNUPGHOME=$target
> touch trustedkeys.gpg
> key=55BE302B     # <<<--- HERE IT IS, the required key
> apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys $key
> apt-key export $key | gpg --keyring trustedkeys.gpg --import -
>
> # try mirroring (part of) some debian archive:
> /usr/bin/debmirror --nocleanup --exclude-deb-section=games --verbose
> --progress --arch=amd64 --section=main --dist=squeeze
> --host=ftp.iinet.net.au --method=http --root=pub/debian/debian
> $target/target-dir
>
> And this last command above produces the following output for me:
>
> Mirroring to /tmp/debmirrortmp/target-dir from
> http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/debian/debian/
> Arches: amd64
> Dists: squeeze
> Sections: main
> Including source.
> Will NOT clean up.
> Pdiff mode: use.
> Attempting to get lock, this might take 2 minutes before it fails.
> Get Release files.
> [0%] Getting: dists/squeeze/Release... ok
> [0%] Getting: dists/squeeze/Release.gpg... ok
> gpgv: Signature made Sat 30 Oct 2010 01:22:41 PM EST using RSA key ID 55BE302B
> [GNUPG:] ERRSIG 9AA38DCD55BE302B 1 2 00 1288405361 9
> [GNUPG:] NO_PUBKEY 9AA38DCD55BE302B
> gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found
> gpgv: Signature made Sat 30 Oct 2010 01:22:41 PM EST using RSA key ID 55BE302B
> gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found
> Release signature does not verify.
> Errors:
>  Release signature does not verify.
> Failed to download some Release or Release.gpg files!
> WARNING: releasing 1 pending lock...
>
> ----
> As you can see from the output, the key 55BE302B is still "public key
> not found".
>
> TIA
> Zen
>