It cannot resolve the hostname 'subkeys.pgp.net' to an IP address. Sounds like you have a problem with your DNS resolver, which might be caused by your configuration of iptables/ufw usage. Please check the relevant logs and contact a user or support forum for iptables to get help to find and fix the error. This is very probably not a bug in gnupg. I'm therefor tagging it 'Incomplete' for the moment. Please report back if you can verify, that this is not related to your iptables config/ufw usage.
** Changed in: gnupg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044156 Title: gpg key retrieval gives bogus, confusing error message To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnupg/+bug/1044156/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs