Inconsistent and inaccurate instructions for importing OpenPGP Keys
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Launchpad itself |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When Importing Open PGP Keys the following instructions are displayed which do not work. (https:/
# Ensure the key has been uploaded to a keyserver. To do this:
gpg --send-key key-id
# Enter your key fingerprint. Use:
gpg --fingerprint key-id
However, when importing an OpenPGP key, the following instructions are displayed which do work correctly:
Launchpad could not import your OpenPGP key.
* Did you enter your complete fingerprint correctly? A fingerprint is a long sequence of numbers and letters. You should use the output produced by the command:
gpg --fingerprint
* Have you published your key to a public key server? You can do that by by entering in a terminal:
gpg --keyserver keyserver.
* Has your key been automatically mirrored to the Ubuntu key server? Keys sometimes take up to an hour to be synchronized between servers. You can check if it has by querying the Ubuntu key server directly. If it hasn't, you can publish directly to our server by entering in a terminal:
gpg --keyserver keyserver.
It would seem that the information displayed when there is an error should replace the instructions on the "Import an OpenPGP key" instructions