[Bug 1623087] Re: GnuPG can't find /usr/bin/dirmngr

[Seth Arnold]

"apt-key adv --recv-key" may be common advice but after the introduction
of /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ it is also bad advice.

We should definitely edit the apt-key(8) manpage to include the right
commands to use to populate /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ instead of adv
--recv-key.

Thanks

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Title:
  GnuPG can't find /usr/bin/dirmngr

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in enigmail package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in gnupg2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  1. Enigmail -> Key Management.
  2. Key server -> Refresh all public keys.
  3. One of the following messages is displayed:

  Downloading of keys failed
  gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory
  gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/home/colan/.gnupg/S.dirmngr' failed: No such file or directory

  Key(s) updated successfully
  gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory
  gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/home/colan/.gnupg/S.dirmngr' failed: No such file or directory

  So it either succeeds or fails, but the GPG error is the same.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: enigmail 2:1.9.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Sep 13 11:03:53 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: enigmail
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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