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diff --git a/doc/debugging.texi b/doc/debugging.texi index 242d601cb..1c9ec8413 100644 --- a/doc/debugging.texi +++ b/doc/debugging.texi @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ solve the problem at hand. @menu -* Debugging Tools:: Description of some useful tools +* Debugging Tools:: Description of some useful tools. +* Debugging Hints:: Various hints on debugging. * Common Problems:: Commonly seen problems. * Architecture Details:: How the whole thing works internally. @end menu @@ -84,8 +85,26 @@ should not occur but sometimes things go wrong), run it using @samp{kbxutil --find-dups ~/.gnupg/pubring.kbx} +@node Debugging Hints +@section Various hints on debugging. +@itemize @bullet + +@item How to find the IP address of a keyserver + +If a round robin URL of is used for a keyserver +(e.g. subkeys.gnupg.org); it is not easy to see what server is actually +used. Using the keyserver debug option as in +@smallexample + gpg --keyserver-options debug=1 -v --refresh-key 1E42B367 +@end smallexample + +is thus often helpful. Note that the actual output depends on the +backend and may change from release to release. + + +@end itemize @node Common Problems |