Bug#321728: Error message if gnupg is not installed gives bad advice
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.40.1
Severity: minor
Running apt-get update without gnupg installed finishes with this error:
W: GPG error: http://debian.teleglobe.net stable/non-US Release: Could
not execute /usr/bin/gpgv to verify signature (is gnupg installed?)
W: GPG error: http://ftp.monash.edu.au stable Release: Could not execute
/usr/bin/gpgv to verify signature (is gnupg installed?)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
apt-get update obviously won't correct the problem, since that's what's
failing in the first place.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#deb http://gate:8080/apt-cacher/ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/ unstable main
#deb-src http://gate:8080/apt-cacher/ftp3.nrc.ca/debian/ unstable main
#deb http://gate:8080/apt-cacher/ftp3.nrc.ca/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main
#deb-src http://gate:8080/apt-cacher/ftp3.nrc.ca/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main
#deb http://gate:8080/apt-cacher/ftp.cz.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib
#deb-src http://gate:8080/apt-cacher/ftp.cz.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib
#deb http://gate:8080/apt-cacher/debian.teleglobe.net/non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib
#deb-src http://gate:8080/apt-cacher/debian.teleglobe.net/non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib
# the main Debian packages.
deb http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian/ stable main contrib
# Uncomment the deb-src line if you want 'apt-get source'
# to work with most packages.
deb-src http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian/ stable main contrib
# the non-US Debian packages.
deb http://debian.teleglobe.net/non-US/ stable/non-US main contrib
# Uncomment the deb-src line if you want 'apt-get source'
# to work with most non-US packages
deb-src http://debian.teleglobe.net/non-US/ stable/non-US main contrib
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-co-0.6.1
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:4.0.1-3 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.0.1-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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