Re: apt-get source produces gpg error. Can't check signature: public key not found
On 2010-01-07 17:42 +0100, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On 2010-01-07 at 11:04:18 -0500, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Install the debian-keyring package.
>
> Thank you! That solves the problem. But it requires 26M of disk space!
> Wow! It's just a collection of keys, right? Why is it so big?
> Are there THAT MANY Debian developers?
About thousand.
> On 2010-01-07 at 11:04:18 -0500, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Because it is not necessary if you don't work with source packages.
>
> Well, I guess that makes sense. But apt does not recommend or
> even suggest debian-keyring. It seems to me that if one runs
> "apt-get source" and debian-keyring is not installed, apt-get
> should issue a warning message that debian-keyring is not installed.
I think this is more for dpkg-dev; that package suggests debian-keyring,
but dpkg-source could probably print some advice if gpg can't find the
key during extraction.
Sven
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