Bug#397702: Alternative suggested command
"aptitude install debian-archive-keyring" may work, but only once you have successfully downloaded a package list which contains it.
http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.28.6.tar.gz is another solution to this problem.
I don't believe apt should merely suggest a solution in any case, as it can implement it far more quickly than the user can. If you're not connected to the file server you thought you were, then you have a problem either way.
Kieron
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