Bug#968148: /usr/bin/apt-key: Suggestion for manpage and Warning

[Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 09:33:07AM +0200, Vincent van Adrighem wrote:
> Package: apt
> Followup-For: Bug #968148
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Replacing the command is not what we want to achieve here, but a few
> changes in the documentation would go a long way in resolving this.

Dear Maintainers,

I'd like to second this: I wanted to add a local key, and could not
find out how to do so now that apt-key is deprecated.  I looked in
apt-secure(8), but the /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ directory is not even
mentioned.

In the end, with some web searching, the only reference I found to the
"correct" way to do it was this bug report!

Please do update the manpages for apt-key and apt-secure in the way
that Vincent has suggested - ideally, in time for the bullseye freeze,
so that it is in the upcoming Debian stable.  This makes it obvious
what to do instead of using apt-key: "just add/remove GPG keys to/from
the directory /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d as desired".

Best wishes,

   Julian