[etch-users] Moving etch 4.0.0 from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 client

[John H. <hil...@gm...>]

I haven't had much involvement with etch because it's always worked. I've
never used this list for support, and I'm not sure if this list is still
used based on the date of the last activity. Figured I would reach out in
case somebody can help point me in the right direction.

I recall zipping/unzipping the etch 4.0.0 directory when we updated from
Ubuntu 14.04 to 18.04 without issue. I'm doing the same thing for 20.04. I
installed Ruby, and see that Ruby changed from 2.5.1 to 2.7 something.

I get the following error when etch attempts to check in:
Neither PUB key nor PRIV key: nested asn1 error
Traceback (most recent call last):
4: from /usr/local/etch-4.0.0/client/bin/etch:115:in `<main>'
3: from /usr/local/etch-4.0.0/client/lib/etch/client.rb:541:in
`process_until_done'
2: from /usr/local/etch-4.0.0/client/lib/etch/client.rb:2586:in `sign_post!'
1: from /usr/local/etch-4.0.0/client/lib/etch/client.rb:2586:in `new'
/usr/local/etch-4.0.0/client/lib/etch/client.rb:2586:in `initialize':
Neither PUB key nor PRIV key: nested asn1 error (OpenSSL::PKey::RSAError)

I may try to install the older version of ruby once I create a backup of my
dev work thus far. I have no idea if ruby even has anything to do with this
error. . Thanks.