[kdepim-users] pgp not working

[Nils Schlupp]

> >  > # apt-get --reinstall install gnupg
> >  > Reading package lists... Done
> >  > Building dependency tree
> >  > Reading state information... Done
> >  > Reinstallation of gnupg is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
> >  > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
> >
> > While I am not 100% sure about this, I think this means that apt cannot
> > connect to a repository on which it can find the gnupg package. What do
> > you have in your sources.list (and while we're at it, do you have
> > something special in your apt.conf) ?
>
> that may be the entire problem, I am missing a valuable repository.
>
> # cat apt.conf
> APT::Default-Release "stable";
> paulandcilla:/etc/apt#
>
> # cat sources.list
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main
>
> deb-src http://security.us.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib
> non-free
>
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://security.us.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free
> deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ lenny non-free


I suggest changing the stable in the apt.conf to testing. Also, either go 
with "lenny" or "testing" in the sources file, mixing both just creates a 
mess. And I checked the mirror, (the us one) and I found gnupg in the pool 
just fine.

btw, does apt-get (or aptitude) come with a verbose option?
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