Bug#476532: debian-archive-keyring: unconfigurable due to missing gnupg

[Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>]

Jiří Paleček wrote:
> severity 476532 serious
> thanks
> 
> Hello,

Hi

> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:52:06 +0200, Luk Claes <luk@debian.org> wrote:
> 
>>> Package: debian-archive-keyring
>>
>> It's apt that is failing not debian-archive-keyring... and
>> debian-archive-keyring does recommend gnupg ...
> 
> That's not entirely correct: see
> 
> O: dpkg: error processing debian-archive-keyring (--install):
> O:  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>
> BTW recommends are totally irrelevant when we talk about configurability.

Indeed, but d-a-k needs apt to configure, gnupg only indirectly...

>> You mean apt-key from the apt package... so I'm reassigning the bug.
> 
> The situation is: apt-key needs gpg to work, apt-key needs d-a-k, apt
> calls apt-key in postinst, d-a-k calls apt-key in postins.

Indeed.

> The only solutions I see are:

Hmm, you're only talking about bootstrapping here, not about
installation, nor about upgrading...

>  1) apt Dep: d-a-k, d-a-k Dep: gnupg (this was the situation before you
> dropped the dependency on gnupg)
> 
>  2) apt Dep: d-a-k, apt Pre-Dep: gnupg (this is really awkward)

Why does it need to be a Pre-Depends is it not enough to have the
packages unpacked (by having a Depends: gnupg)?

Cheers

Luk