Package: dirmngr Version: 2.1.14-5 Severity: normal The dependencies between dirmngr and gnupg2 are not strict enough and allow installing non-working combinations, such as dirmngr=2.1.11-7 (from testing) and gnupg=2.1.14-5 (from unstable):
+--- | % gpg --search-keys [...] | gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/run/user/[...]/gnupg/S.dirmngr' failed: IPC connect call failed | gpg: error searching keyserver: No dirmngr | gpg: keyserver search failed: No dirmngr | 2 ~ % dpkg -l gnupg dirmngr | Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend | |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) | ||/ Name Version Architecture Description | +++-============================-===================-===================-============================================================= | ii dirmngr 2.1.11-7 amd64 server for managing certificate revocation lists | ii gnupg 2.1.14-5 amd64 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement | ~ % sudo apt install dirmngr/unstable | [...] | Preparing to unpack .../dirmngr_2.1.14-5_amd64.deb ... | Unpacking dirmngr (2.1.14-5) over (2.1.11-7) ... | Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... | Setting up dirmngr (2.1.14-5) ... | ~ % gpg --search-keys [...] | [...] | Keys 1-2 of 2 for "[...]". Enter number(s), N)ext, or Q)uit > q +--- Ansgar -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (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 2.4.3-1 ii libc6 2.23-4 ii libgcrypt20 1.7.2-2 ii libgnutls30 3.5.2-2 ii libgpg-error0 1.24-1 ii libksba8 1.3.4-4 ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.42+dfsg-2+b2 ii libnpth0 1.2-3 ii lsb-base 9.20160629 Versions of packages dirmngr recommends: ii gnupg 2.1.14-5 Versions of packages dirmngr suggests: ii tor 0.2.8.6-2 -- no debconf information
