Package: dirmngr Version: 2.1.17-3 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
---- Failure case: $ gpg --recv-keys 0xXXXX gpg: keyserver receive failed: Invalid argument ---- 2017-01-08 13:26:07 dirmngr[5394] listening on socket '/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.dirmngr' 2017-01-08 13:26:07 dirmngr[5395.0] permanently loaded certificates: 0 2017-01-08 13:26:07 dirmngr[5395.0] runtime cached certificates: 0 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] handler for fd 6 started 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 -> # Home: /home/infinity0/.gnupg 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 -> # Config: /home/infinity0/.gnupg/dirmngr.conf 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 -> OK Dirmngr 2.1.17 at your service 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] connection from process 5390 (1000:1000) 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 <- GETINFO version 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 -> D 2.1.17 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 -> OK 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 <- KS_GET -- 0xXXXX 2017-01-08 13:26:08 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: dns: libdns initialized (tor mode) 2017-01-08 13:26:11 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: dns: getsrv(_hkp._tcp.pool.sks-keyservers.net) -> 0 records 2017-01-08 13:26:11 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: dns: libdns initialized (tor mode) 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: dns: resolve_dns_name(pool.sks-keyservers.net): Success 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] resolve_dns_addr for 'pool.sks-keyservers.net': ... 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] resolve_dns_addr for 'pool.sks-keyservers.net': '[2a01:4f8:161:4283:1000::203]' 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] resolve_dns_addr for 'pool.sks-keyservers.net': ... 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] number of system provided CAs: 173 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: dns: resolve_dns_name(2a01:4f8:161:4283:1000::203): Success 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] can't connect to '2a01:4f8:161:4283:1000::203': Invalid argument 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] error connecting to 'http://[2a01:4f8:161:4283:1000::203]:11371': Invalid argument 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] command 'KS_GET' failed: Invalid argument 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 -> ERR 167804976 Invalid argument <Dirmngr> 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 <- BYE 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] DBG: chan_6 -> OK closing connection 2017-01-08 13:26:12 dirmngr[5395.6] handler for fd 6 terminated ---- ---- Success case: $ gpg --recv-keys 0xXXXX gpg: key XXXX: XXXX gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: unchanged: 1 ---- 2017-01-08 13:25:53 dirmngr[5312] listening on socket '/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.dirmngr' 2017-01-08 13:25:53 dirmngr[5313.0] permanently loaded certificates: 0 2017-01-08 13:25:53 dirmngr[5313.0] runtime cached certificates: 0 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] handler for fd 6 started 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 -> # Home: /home/infinity0/.gnupg 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 -> # Config: /home/infinity0/.gnupg/dirmngr.conf 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 -> OK Dirmngr 2.1.17 at your service 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] connection from process 5309 (1000:1000) 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 <- GETINFO version 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 -> D 2.1.17 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 -> OK 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 <- KS_GET -- 0xXXXX 2017-01-08 13:25:54 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: dns: libdns initialized (tor mode) 2017-01-08 13:25:57 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: dns: getsrv(_hkp._tcp.pool.sks-keyservers.net) -> 0 records 2017-01-08 13:25:57 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: dns: libdns initialized (tor mode) 2017-01-08 13:25:59 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: dns: resolve_dns_name(pool.sks-keyservers.net): Success 2017-01-08 13:25:59 dirmngr[5313.6] resolve_dns_addr for 'pool.sks-keyservers.net': ... 2017-01-08 13:25:59 dirmngr[5313.6] resolve_dns_addr for 'pool.sks-keyservers.net': '212.51.156.78' 2017-01-08 13:25:59 dirmngr[5313.6] resolve_dns_addr for 'pool.sks-keyservers.net': ... 2017-01-08 13:25:59 dirmngr[5313.6] number of system provided CAs: 173 2017-01-08 13:25:59 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: dns: resolve_dns_name(212.51.156.78): Success 2017-01-08 13:26:00 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 -> S SOURCE http://212.51.156.78:11371 2017-01-08 13:26:00 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: (22081 bytes sent via D lines not shown) 2017-01-08 13:26:00 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 -> OK 2017-01-08 13:26:00 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 <- BYE 2017-01-08 13:26:00 dirmngr[5313.6] DBG: chan_6 -> OK closing connection 2017-01-08 13:26:00 dirmngr[5313.6] handler for fd 6 terminated ---- Since dirmngr is very stupid in how it deals with DNS pools, one workaround that users can do, is to keep killing dirmngr and retrying the keyserver lookup until dirmngr selects an IPv4 address and suceeeds. X -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (300, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages dirmngr depends on: ii adduser 3.115 ii libassuan0 2.4.3-2 ii libc6 2.24-8 ii libgcrypt20 1.7.5-2 ii libgnutls30 3.5.7-3 ii libgpg-error0 1.26-1 ii libksba8 1.3.5-2 ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.44+dfsg-2 ii libnpth0 1.3-1 ii lsb-base 9.20161125 Versions of packages dirmngr recommends: ii gnupg 2.1.17-3 Versions of packages dirmngr suggests: ii tor 0.2.9.8-2 -- no debconf information
