Re: [gentoo-user] Change keyserver used by portage?

[Adam Carter]

> > > Anyone one know how I can change the keyserver address used by
> portage? I
> > > keep getting "no route to host" for hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net when
> I
> > > sync.
> > What are you trying to do? Find the command being run and run it
> > manually while specifying --keyserver. Also file a bug report.
> >
> > I posted my last reply after pgp.mit.edu also failed. The URL you give
> > is obviously a key server pool, but it looks like MIT's may be also
> > (without inspecting it). I retried on MIT's URL until the request went
> > through. If you can't change the URL then keep trying.
> >
> > The issue is, I think, that the pool will give you servers that don't
> > support HKP, but I have had this issue when contacting keyservers
> > directly.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >      R0b0t1
>
> Currently, portage is using that pool url when I run emaint's sync module.
> I
> keep getting the "no route to host" error from it, and no indication what
> server it's actually being directed to.
>
> What I want to do is reconfigure portage to use a particular server that I
> know
> is reliable.
>

Looks like its using multiple A records;

$ host hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has address 18.9.60.141
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has address 18.191.65.131
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has address 37.191.226.104
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has address 92.43.111.21
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has address 193.164.133.100
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has address 216.66.15.2
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has IPv6 address 2001:470:1:116::6
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has IPv6 address 2600:1f16:41e:bd0a::73:6b73
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has IPv6 address
2a01:4a0:59:1000:223:9eff:fe00:100f
hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net has IPv6 address 2a02:c205:3001:3626::1

For an ugly hack you could test these to find one that works, then add that
one to your /etc/hosts file.

Perhaps there's a hostmaster@××××××××××××××××××××××××.net you could notify
to fix it?