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Bug#316747: apt-key: the update command is broken and not mentioned by manpage



Package: apt
Version: 0.6.38
Severity: normal

The manpage of apt-key should mention the update command. Using apt-key
help we can see it exists. Another problem might be that apt-key update
currently does not work.
# apt-key help
Usage: apt-key [command] [arguments]

Manage apt's list of trusted keys

  apt-key add <file>          - add the key contained in <file> ('-' for stdin)
  apt-key del <keyid>         - remove the key <keyid>
  apt-key update              - update keys using the keyring package
  apt-key list                - list keys

# apt-key update
ERROR: Can't find the archive-keyring
Is the debian-keyring package installed?
# dpkg -l debian-keyring
...
ii  debian-keyring 2005.05.28     GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of Debian Deve
#

Did you perhaps mean
ARCHIVE_KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-keyring.gpg
instead of
ARCHIVE_KEYRING=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
in /usr/bin/apt-key line 12?

Btw. apt-key fingerprint isn't even documented in apt-key help.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:4.0.0-11   GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.6-7    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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