Re: resolv.conf and gnupg2

[Mark Geisert <mark@maxrnd.com>]

Marco Atzeri wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> currently as default Gnupg 2.x is unable to contact keyservers and recover any 
> key. Gnupg 1.x has not such problem
> 
> $  /usr/bin/gpg2 --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5981E818 gpg: keyserver 
> receive failed: No such file or directory
> 
> The cryptic message is due to the absence of a /etc/resolv.conf
> as adding a simple one with a public DNS server overcomes the issue
> 
> $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
> ; /etc/resolv.conf file for dnsmaster
> ;
> domain           .com
> nameserver       0.0.0.0
> nameserver       8.8.8.8
> 
> 
> $  /usr/bin/gpg2 --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5981E818
> gpg: key D17BF2305981E818: 1 duplicate signature removed
> gpg: key D17BF2305981E818: "Andrew Makhorin 
> <mao-egIpddyTbSMmeSKuKGS7mg@public.gmane.org>" not chan
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg:              unchanged: 1
> 
> 
> I would expect BIND to be a package that creates/manages resolv.conf as
> it provides a library to parser it, but I do not see any place where this is done.
> 
> $ cygcheck -p resolv.conf
> Found 7 matches for resolv.conf
> ..
> libirs161-9.11.9-1 - libirs161: BIND resolv.conf parser library
> man-pages-linux-5.13-1 - man-pages-linux: Linux manual pages
> 
> Any suggestion on how to solve the absence of /etc/resolv.conf ?
> I doubt  gnupg2 is the proper package to do so.

Could Cygwin itself provide a minimal /etc/resolv.conf pointing to public DNS 
server(s)?  Some users might object to Google's public DNS (e.g. 8.8.8.8) though.

Or perhaps a new package 'resolv.conf' with either the public DNS pointers or a 
postinstall script that massages the system's 'ipconfig /all' to obtain Windows' 
current settings.

..mark