On Fri, 9 Oct 2020 15:30:56 +0200 Łukasz Michalski <lm@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Any idea how can I overcome this problem: > > [root@nettest zork]# pacman -S -q --noconfirm archlinux-keyring > > downloading required keys... > > error: key "6D42BDD116E0068F" could not be looked up remotely > error: required key missing from keyring > error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error) > Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded. > > root@nettest zork]# pacman-key --refresh-keys > gpg: refreshing 113 keys from hkps://hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net > gpg: keyserver refresh failed: General error > ==> ERROR: A specified local key could not be updated from a keyserver. > > I also tried: > > # pacman-key --init > # pacman-key --populate archlinux > # pacman-key --refresh-keys > > Still the same error. > > I have this problem on two servers with last upate 1,5 year ago. > > Thanks, > Łukasz If the system is more than a year old, pacman is too old to successfully update the system anyway. I would suggest booting a recent install disk and using pacman's --sysroot option or use pacman-static. To get past the key error, use a working keyserver. hkps://keyserver.ubunut.com seems to be pretty reliable.
