Re: [gentoo-user] Change keyserver used by portage?

[Elijah Mark Anderson <mark@kd0bpv.name>]

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On Sunday, July 1, 2018 8:55:05 PM CDT R0b0t1 wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 10:26 AM, Elijah Mark Anderson <mark@kd0bpv.name> 
wrote:
> > Anyone one know how I can change the keyserver address used by portage? I
> > keep getting "no route to host" for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net when I
> > sync.
> What are you trying to do? Find the command being run and run it
> manually while specifying --keyserver. Also file a bug report.
> 
> I posted my last reply after pgp.mit.edu also failed. The URL you give
> is obviously a key server pool, but it looks like MIT's may be also
> (without inspecting it). I retried on MIT's URL until the request went
> through. If you can't change the URL then keep trying.
> 
> The issue is, I think, that the pool will give you servers that don't
> support HKP, but I have had this issue when contacting keyservers
> directly.
> 
> Cheers,
>      R0b0t1

Currently, portage is using that pool url when I run emaint's sync module. I 
keep getting the "no route to host" error from it, and no indication what 
server it's actually being directed to. 

What I want to do is reconfigure portage to use a particular server that I know 
is reliable.

-- 
Elijah Mark Anderson
mark@kd0bpv.name
--
「塵も積もれば山となる。」
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