Bug#321728: Error message if gnupg is not installed gives bad advice

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Joe Mason <joe@notcharles.ca> writes:

> 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?)
                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I find that quite good advice.

> 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

That is just a followup error. Fix the first one and it goes away.

> apt-get update obviously won't correct the problem, since that's what's
> failing in the first place.

MfG
        Goswin