[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#833640: gpg --recv-keys: does something for 5 minutes without any information

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Package: gnupg2
Version: 2.1.11-7
Severity: minor

I imported two keys using `gpg --recv-keys 0x... 0x...` (this is gpg2
here) this morning. After reporting that both keys had been retrieved
successfully, gpg decided to spend some minutes doing something: I
think checking the trustdb.

However there was no indication that gpg was supposed to still be
doing anything. It would be nice if there was an informational message
on the terminal for long-term operations: at least a note that this
might take a while, ideally some sort of progress indication.

Ansgar

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (100, 'buildd-unstable'), (100, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gnupg2 depends on:
ii  dpkg           1.18.10
ii  gnupg-agent    2.1.11-7
ii  install-info   6.1.0.dfsg.1-8
ii  libassuan0     2.4.3-1
ii  libbz2-1.0     1.0.6-8
ii  libc6          2.23-4
ii  libgcrypt20    1.7.2-2
ii  libgpg-error0  1.24-1
ii  libksba8       1.3.4-3
ii  libreadline6   6.3-8+b4
ii  libsqlite3-0   3.13.0-1
ii  zlib1g         1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages gnupg2 recommends:
ii  dirmngr  2.1.11-7

Versions of packages gnupg2 suggests:
pn  gnupg-doc   <none>
pn  parcimonie  <none>
pn  xloadimage  <none>

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