[Pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#676698: gnupg: --refresh-keys fails with HTTP fetch error 28: Previous alarm fired off!

[Francesco Poli (wintermute)]

Package: gnupg
Version: 1.4.12-4
Severity: important

Hello Debian GnuPG-Maintainers!

It seems to me that I am experiencing a bug.
Today, the --refresh-keys option suddenly stopped working.

Now I get:

$ gpg --keyserver-options no-honor-keyserver-url \
         --import-options repair-pks-subkey-bug  \
         --refresh-keys $KEYID
gpg: refreshing 1 key from hkp://keys.gnupg.net
gpg: requesting key $KEYID from hkp server keys.gnupg.net
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 28: Previous alarm fired off!
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0


This bug seems to have appeared as soon as I upgraded my box.
What follows is the list of package upgrades I performed today:

[INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libxcb-glx0:amd64
[UPGRADE] debhelper:amd64 9.20120419 -> 9.20120528
[UPGRADE] iceweasel:amd64 10.0.4esr-3 -> 10.0.5esr-1
[UPGRADE] iproute:amd64 20120319-1 -> 20120521-2
[UPGRADE] libbsd0:amd64 0.3.0-2 -> 0.4.0-1
[UPGRADE] libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 7.11.2-1 -> 8.0.2-2
[UPGRADE] libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 7.11.2-1 -> 8.0.2-2
[UPGRADE] libglapi-mesa:amd64 7.11.2-1 -> 8.0.2-2
[UPGRADE] libglu1-mesa:amd64 7.11.2-1 -> 8.0.2-2
[UPGRADE] libmowgli2:amd64 0.7.1-1 -> 1.0.0-1
[UPGRADE] libmozjs10d:amd64 10.0.4esr-3 -> 10.0.5esr-1
[UPGRADE] libopenal-data:amd64 1:1.14-3 -> 1:1.14-4
[UPGRADE] libopenal1:amd64 1:1.14-3 -> 1:1.14-4
[UPGRADE] libssh2-1:amd64 1.4.1-1 -> 1.4.2-1
[UPGRADE] mysql-common:amd64 5.5.23+dfsg-2 -> 5.5.24+dfsg-2
[UPGRADE] sgml-base:amd64 1.26+nmu1 -> 1.26+nmu3
[UPGRADE] tcl8.4:amd64 8.4.19-4 -> 8.4.19-5
[UPGRADE] tcl8.5:amd64 8.5.11-1 -> 8.5.11-2
[UPGRADE] xulrunner-10.0:amd64 10.0.4esr-3 -> 10.0.5esr-1

I tried downgrading some of these packages (one at a time: libssh2,
libbsd0, iproute), but I always have been able to reproduce the bug.

I am reporting the bug against package gnupg, since I haven't found
any clear culprit: please help me identifying what's wrong.


Thanks for your time!


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnupg depends on:
ii  dpkg          1.16.3
ii  gpgv          1.4.12-4
ii  install-info  4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii  libbz2-1.0    1.0.6-1
ii  libc6         2.13-32
ii  libreadline6  6.2-8
ii  libusb-0.1-4  2:0.1.12-20
ii  zlib1g        1:1.2.7.dfsg-11

Versions of packages gnupg recommends:
ii  gnupg-curl     1.4.12-4
ii  libldap-2.4-2  2.4.28-1.1

Versions of packages gnupg suggests:
pn  gnupg-doc     <none>
pn  imagemagick   8:6.7.4.0-5
pn  libpcsclite1  <none>

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