On Tue 2012-07-24 13:41:20 -0400, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > i'm seeing some strange behavior with the keyservers on GNU/Linux > systems that don't have a UTF-8 locale, or when LANG is set to something > non-UTF8: > > 0 dkg@pip:~$ LANG=C gpg --keyserver keys.mayfirst.org --search '=Andrew Lee > (李 健秋) <ajq...@debian.org>' > gpg: searching for "=Andrew Lee (æå¥ç§) <ajq...@debian.org>" from hkp server > keys.mayfirst.org > (1) Andrew Lee <and...@linux.org.tw> > Andrew Lee (\xe6\x9d\x8e\xe5\x81\xa5\xe7\xa7\x8b) <ajq...@debian.org> > Andrew Lee (\xe6\x9d\x8e\xe5\x81\xa5\xe7\xa7\x8b) <and...@debian.org.t > Andrew Lee (§?î) <and...@linux.org.tw> > 1024 bit DSA key 0xB6250985, created: 2004-11-02 > Keys 1-1 of 1 for "=Andrew Lee (李健秋) <ajq...@debian.org>". Enter number(s), > N)ext, or Q)uit > q > 0 dkg@pip:~$ LANG=C gpg --keyserver keys.mayfirst.org --search '=Antoine > Beaupré (work) <anar...@koumbit.org>'' > gpg: searching for "=Antoine Beaupré (work) <anar...@koumbit.org>" from hkp > server keys.mayfirst.org > gpg: key "=Antoine Beaupré (work) <anar...@koumbit.org>" not found on > keyserver > 0 dkg@pip:~$ > > Note that the --search for Andrew's UTF-8 User ID succeeds, but > Antoine's fails. > > This behavior happens on both gpg 1.4.12 and 2.0.19, and it happens with > or without debian's gnupg-curl packages installed. > > Given that User IDs must be UTF-8-encoded, i'm not sure what the right > thing to do is here. > > I tried searching for this bug on https://bugs.g10code.com, but i'm > getting an error when i search for the term "charset" for some reason.
Digging this old message up as i try to do some triage. i don't think i
ever heard a response about this.
I'm still seeing the same problem, only with some UIDs and not others:
0 dkg@alice:/tmp/cdtemp.fre2o5$ LANG=C gpg --keyserver keys.mayfirst.org
--search ='Andrew Lee (李健秋) <ajq...@debian.org>'
gpg: searching for "=Andrew Lee (æå¥ç§) <ajq...@debian.org>" from hkp server
keys.mayfirst.org
(1) Andrew Lee <and...@linux.org.tw>
Andrew Lee (\xe6\x9d\x8e\xe5\x81\xa5\xe7\xa7\x8b) <ajq...@debian.org>
Andrew Lee (\xe6\x9d\x8e\xe5\x81\xa5\xe7\xa7\x8b) <and...@debian.org.t
Andrew Lee (§?î) <and...@linux.org.tw>
1024 bit DSA key 0xB6250985, created: 2004-11-02
Keys 1-1 of 1 for "=Andrew Lee (李健秋) <ajq...@debian.org>". Enter number(s),
N)ext, or Q)uit > q
0 dkg@alice:/tmp/cdtemp.fre2o5$ LANG=C gpg --keyserver keys.mayfirst.org
--search ='Antoine Beaupré <anar...@debian.org>'
gpg: searching for "=Antoine Beaupré <anar...@debian.org>" from hkp server
keys.mayfirst.org
gpg: key "=Antoine Beaupré <anar...@debian.org>" not found on keyserver
0 dkg@alice:/tmp/cdtemp.fre2o5$
I've now reported this as:
https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1514
Any ideas?
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