Imported keys - never ending update?

[vegancookies]

So below is what I had in terminal when trying to update:

:: PGP keys need importing:
-> F3691687D867B81B51CE07D9BBE43771487328A9, required by: gcc9 (gcc9-libs gcc9)
-> 86CFFCA918CF3AF47147588051E8B148A9999C34, required by: gcc9 (gcc9-libs gcc9)
-> 13975A70E63C361C73AE69EF6EEB81F8981C74C7, required by: gcc9 (gcc9-libs gcc9) gcc8 (gcc8-libs gcc8)
-> 33C235A34C46AA3FFB293709A328C3A2C3C45C06, required by: gcc9 (gcc9-libs gcc9) gcc8 (gcc8-libs gcc8)
==> Import? [Y/n]
:: Importing keys with gpg…
gpg: keyserver receive failed: General error
problem importing keys

I found an archived manjaro thread with this title:

[GPG Error: gpg –recv-key xxx | gpg: keyserver receive failed: General error]

I’d include a direct link but the forum won’t allow me (will retry after posting this).

And ran the command to get the keys:

[tom@vegancookies ~]$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu. --recv-key F3691687D867B81B51CE07D9BBE43771487328A9
gpg: key BBE43771487328A9: public key "Bartlomiej Piotrowski " imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
[tom@vegancookies ~]$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu. --recv-key 86CFFCA918CF3AF47147588051E8B148A9999C34
gpg: key 51E8B148A9999C34: public key "Evangelos Foutras " imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
[tom@vegancookies ~]$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu. --recv-key 13975A70E63C361C73AE69EF6EEB81F8981C74C7
gpg: key 6EEB81F8981C74C7: public key "Richard Guenther " imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
[tom@vegancookies ~]$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu. --recv-key 33C235A34C46AA3FFB293709A328C3A2C3C45C06
gpg: key A328C3A2C3C45C06: public key "Jakub Jelinek " imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1

I then started updating again, and now it’s been 20 minutes on a mid level gaming PC from 2017, with over 300Mbps download speed, and the update is still attempting.

Have I opened myself up to something malicious? Or is the update just failing? Or is this normal (I have had manjaro on for around a year, and the updates/terminal have never been like this).

[megavolt]

Hi @vegancookies

First about importing gpg keys:

General error problem importing keys

There should be pub key that has to be imported. In general the keyserver could fail. Here a different server: SKS Keyservers: Overview of the pools you could do: gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys <key> or permanent: echo "keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net" > /home/$USER/.gnupg/gpg.conf an then: gpg --recv-keys <key>

Then i assume you use the AUR. There you commonly download the source and compile it. That takes time depending on your CPU and RAM and how big the source code is.

[vegancookies]

So in short don’t panic?

:: 4 Packages to upgrade.
4 aur/gcc8 8.4.0-1 -> 8.4.0-2
3 aur/gcc8-libs 8.4.0-1 -> 8.4.0-2
2 aur/gcc9 9.3.0-3 -> 9.3.0-5
1 aur/gcc9-libs 9.3.0-3 -> 9.3.0-5

I wondered if it’s because these take a lot to update? I think that’s the compiler, right?

Also thanks for the fast response!

[megavolt]

@vegancookies

So in short don’t panic?

Yes

@vegancookies

I wondered if it’s because these take a lot to update? I think that’s the compiler, right?

Compiling a compiler takes a lot of time if you you don’t have a AMD Threadripper

[vegancookies]

Okay cool! I’m sad my i7 7700K doesn’t do it fast, but I guess I’ll go on a walk, really appreciate your response, and that I probably won’t need to reinstall my operating system! Thank you so much

[megavolt]

Also keep sure, it uses all cores, not only one.

htop