Seahorse fails to import PGP public key (#17183) · Issues · tails / tails

Seahorse fails to import PGP public key

Originally created by @goupille on #17183 (Redmine)

Several users reported that since the upgrade to Tails 4.x, they are not able to import PGP public keys anymore from Seahorse.

Upstream bug reports:

… but nobody seems to work on it there.

Importing the key from a terminal with gpg --import works fine.

There are 2 aspects to this:

importing keys from GNOME Files: fixed via !15 (merged)
importing keys from the Seahorse GUI ("Password & Keys"): still broken

Attachments

Related issues

Related to #16531
Related to #6568

_Originally created by @goupille on [#17183 (Redmine)](https://public-redmine-archive.tails.boum.org/code/issues/17183)_

Several users reported that since the upgrade to Tails 4.x, they are not
able to import PGP public keys anymore from Seahorse.

Upstream bug reports:

- <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/seahorse/issues/236>
  - <https://bugs.debian.org/931558>
  - <https://bugs.debian.org/942373>

… but nobody seems to work on it there.

Importing the key from a terminal with `gpg --import` works fine.

There are 2 aspects to this:

- [X] importing keys from GNOME Files: fixed via !15
- [ ] importing keys from the Seahorse GUI ("Password & Keys"): still broken

### Attachments

* [0001-Document-how-to-import-OpenPGP-public-keys-on-the-co.patch](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/2567/0001-Document-how-to-import-OpenPGP-public-keys-on-the-co.patch)
  * [output.pdf](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/attachments/download/2568/output.pdf)

### Related issues

- **Related to** tails/tails#16531
  - **Related to** tails/tails#6568

Edited Jun 18, 2020 by intrigeri

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